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BIOGRAPHICAL

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GENEALOGICAL HISTORY

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Wayne, Fayette, Union and
Franklin Counties,

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY

OF

WAYNE, FAyETTE, ENION and FRAHKLIN COUNTIES

CHARLES \V. STARR.

On New Year's day of 1819 Charles West Starr arrived in Richmond,
Indiana, — a mere hamlet on a western frontier, — with whose history he
afterward became closeh' identified. A few years passed, however, before
he made a permanent settlement, but for three decades he was a prominent
factor in the development and progress of the city, and his name is insepara-
bly interwoven with the record of its advancement. The upbuilding of the
town was largel}' due to his enterprising spirit; and the introduction of many
of the business interests which have promoted the prosperity of the city were
the work of this progressive, public-spirited pioneer. 145J26fi^'l-

Charles West Starr was of Scotch-Irish lineage, the family having been

founded in America by James Starr, a native of the north of Ireland, who on

crossing the Atlantic to the New World became a resident of Philadelphia,

in which city he spent his remaining days. He was then eighteen years of

age, and he sold his time to the ship captain in order to pay his passage.

By trade he was a shoemaker, and during the war of the Revolution he made

boots for Generals W^ashington and La Fayette. John Starr, the grandfather

of Charles W., was a native of Philadelphia, and made his home in that city

until his life's labors were ended in death, at the age of forty-four years.

He was a salt merchant and carried on a successful business. Like his father

he belonged to the Society of Friends, and adhered closely to the ways of

that kindly people. He wedded Miss Mary \\'est, a cousin of Benjamin

West, the celebrated painter of Philadelphia, and they became the parents

of four sons and three daughters: James, Joseph, Samuel John, Charles W.,

Mrs. Anna Lipincott, Mrs. Sarah Lipincott and Lydia.

In the "City of Brotherly Love" Charles West Starr was born Febru-
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ary 2S, 1792, and during his minority served an apprenticeship to the car-
penter's trade, but on attaining his majority he engaged in the coasting trade
between Charleston, South CaroHna, and Philadelphia. Subsequently he
engaged in the lumber business in the former city, but the institution of
slavery becoming abhorrent to him, he sold his lumber-yard and invested
part of his capital in a cargo of rice, which he shipped to Lisbon, Portugal,
crossing the ocean on the same vessel. That year, however, he returned
home, and soon made his first visit to the west. On the 21st of September,
181S, he started on horseback for the Mississippi valley, and visited Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri. As before stated he arrived in
Richmond, Indiana, on the ist of January, 1819, and visited John Smith,
who owned the entire south half of the village. He thoroughly explored
Wayne county and being pleased with the location, the land, and the future
prospects of the locality, he entered a claim near Econom}', with the inten-
tion of some day making his home in the Hoosier state.

Mr. Starr then resumed his homeward journey, and on the ist of Feb-
ruary, 1 8 19, having crossed the Susquehanna river, hitched his horse in
front of a Friends' meeting-house, in order to take part in the services. At
the close of the meeting he met, for the first time. Miss Elizabeth Wilson,
who became his wife November 14, 1819. They made their home for a
time in Philadelphia, and in the spring of 1825 removed to Richmond, Indi-
ana. They first resided on Front street, almost opposite the present site
the court-house. The village was a settlement of Friends, and con-
tained a population of about seven hundred. There was not a turnpike or
bridge in the county or state, and such a thing as a railroad had not been
dreamed of.

In 1826 Mr. Starr purchased the Jeremiah Cox farm, on which the north
half of the town was laid out, the purchase price being twenty-five dollars
per acre. The place comprised two hundred and twenty-two acres, and
thereon a brick residence had been erected, but the barn and other outbuild-
ings were constructed of logs in the usual manner of pioneer days. From
this time forward Mr. Starr was an active factor in the substantial growth
and upbuilding of Richmond. He laid out North Sixth, Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth and Tenth streets, divided some of his land into town lots of a cjuarter
of an acre each and sold them for one hundred dollars apiece. That was an
excellent price for those days and he steadily invested the proceeds of his
sales in the erection of new houses. He firmly believed that a bright destiny
lay before Richmond, "and he did not hesitate to invest his means for the im-
provement and progress of the town. He also erected a number of business
houses, all after the old Philadelphia style of architecture, to which he was
accustomed in the east. Realizing the importance to a new community of

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transportation connection with the outside world, he lent his influence and
aid to the construction of the Richmond and Brookville canal, which was
begun in 1837. He was the treasurer of the company and the work was
prosecuted until the hard times of 1840 blocked its progress. A financial
panic followed in the west, as in many other sections of the country, and
many of the business men of Indiana were forced into liquidation. Mr. Starr,
however, with the assistance of his brother in Philadelphia, managed to
weather the storm and pay every debt, dollar for dollar. Nor was he forced
to sacrifice his property, and when the financial sky was cleared and business
was resumed he again became an active factor in the improvement of the
city. He laid the foundation for much of the present prosperity of Rich-
mond, and to him is due great credit for his successful achievements in
behalf of the cit}'.

Mr. and Mrs. Starr became the parents of ten children, of whom John,
Mary and Samuel died in infancy ; the others are William, James M., Hannah,
Lydia, Nathan, Joseph and Benjamin. Of these, James, Hannah, Joseph
and Benjamin are the only ones living.

The father possessed a scholarly nature, and read extensively works of
all periods of literature, — standard poetry and moral philosophy being his
favorite works. His broad and comprehensive knowledge enriched his con-
versation and made him an entertaining companion. A refined humor also
added sparkle and life to his talk, and his frank, generous and outspoken
manner gained him the regard and admiration of all. His word was as good
as his bond, and his business integrity was at all times above qujestion. He
passed away May i, 1855, at the age of sixty-two years. Richmond has had
no more valued citizen, and by the pioneers who knew him, and who are still
residents of the city, his memory is revered. His wife continued to make
her home in Wayne county until July, 1884, when she, too, was called to the
home beyond.

A portrait of Charles W. Starr appears as the frontispiece of this volume.

COLONEL WILLL\M C. STARR.

The poet, the historian and the singer, from the earliest ages, have
largely found their themes in the deeds of valor of the soldier, who in the
face of danger and death defends his country, his home or his principles.
The wars of this nation have called forth a heroism unsurpassed in the his-
tory of the world, and the victories achieved by our armies have awakened
the highest admiration of all civilized peoples. Among those who followed
the stars and stripes upon the battlefields of the. south and aided in the pres-
ervation of the Union was Colonel William C. Starr, whose patriotic service
was of great value to the cause he espoused. He was born in Philadelphia,

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Pennsylvania, July ::5, 1S22, and was the second son of Charles West and
Elizabeth Starr. When only three years old he was brought by his parents
to Richmond, where he was reared to manhood, acquiring a liberal education
in the cit}' schools.

\\'hen about twenty-four years of age he went to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he secured a position as traveling salesman for the firm of Standford
& Clark, druggists. In 1S48 he married Miss Anna M. Chipman, of Cincin-
nati, Ohio, daughter of Horace D. Chipman, a prominent grocer at Sixth
and Elm streets. Soon afterward he became a salesman in the wholesale
grocery house of William Glenn & Sons. He served in that capacity until
1855, when he accepted the superintendenc}' of the Coal Ridge Salt Works,
at Pomero)', Ohio, managing the same for several years, after which he was
given charge of the Mason City Salt Works, in Mason City, ^^'est Mrginia.
Colonel Starr was serving in that capacity at the time of the outbreak of the
civil war. He had studied closely the events which preceded and brought on
hostilities, and resolved that if the south attempted to overthrow the Union
he would enter the service in its defense.

When Fort Sumter was fired upon he turned his business interests over
to others while he gave his attention to the organizing of the loyal forces in
the new state of West Virginia. He was instrumental in raising the Fourth
and Ninth West Virginia regiments, and was made lieutenant-colonel of the
latter. Having been one of the delegates to the Wheeling convention, which
divided the state, he was an object of especial hatred to the people of east-
ern Virginia, — so much so that a reward of two thousand dollars was offered
for his head, dead or alive. Sending his wife and children to his mother's
home in Richmond, Indiana, that they might be away from all danger, he
managed to elude those who would have shot him for this reward. In 1862,
when stationed with two companies of his regiment at Summerville, West
Virginia, awaiting orders to go to the front, he and his men were surprised
at daybreak by three hundred Confederate cavalrymen, commanded by
Major Baile}'. All were taken prisoners and sent to Libby prison. After
ten days' confinement they were among the first prisoners exchanged after
the signing of the cartel between the north and the south, and all returned
to their regiment. Later they were sent to the Shenandoah valley, and par-
ticipated in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek and other
engagements in the valley of Virginia. There Colonel Starr v^/as detailed
for duty upon the staf? of General Sigel, and was provost marshal of West
Virginia. Later he was placed upon the staff of General Hunter as judge
advocate general, and later still upon the staff of General Crook, where he
remained until a few weeks before the fall of Richmond, at which time he
received an honorable discharge.

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Colonel Starr was known in West Virginia as the " fighting Quaker, "
and upon his return to civil life to the home of his mother and his family at
Richmond, Indiana, he found a battle still to fight, — that of reconciling the
non-resistant Friends (Quakers) to the course he had pursued. The patriot-
ism of the Society of Friends, however, asserted itself, as all of them had
paid war taxes, had rejoiced at Union victories and mourned at the defeat of
Union arms, and they came to regard themselves as aiding and abetting the
cause for which he fought. This made it easy for them to overlook the
Colonel's transgression of their non-resistant principle.

Upon his return from the war Colonel Starr engaged in sheep-raising,
afterward in the manufacture of hames. In 1873 he admitted his son Hor-
ace to a partnership in the business. Later they entered the manufacture
of chains and saddlery hardv^-are. Colonel Starr continued in this business
until his death, and his son Horace continues the business left by him.

His children were Charles West, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849;
Horace Chipman, born in Cinciimati, in 1853; Francis Cist, born in Pom-
eroy, Ohio, in 1S56; William C. , Jr., born in Mason City, West \'irginia, in
1859. The latter two died in infancy, Charles W. and Horace C. surviving
their father.

Colonel Starr was called to his final rest May 17, 1897. He was a
member of the Army of West Virginia, the Grand Army of the Republic,
and an honored member of the Loyal Legion. He was elected senior vice
commander of the Indiana Commandery of the Legion for the year 1892-3.
He was a writer of acknowledged ability. His paper, the Battle of Cedar
Creek, was read before the Indiana Commandery of the Legion, and was
published in a volume of the Legion's war papers in 1898. He was a birth-
right member of the Society of Friends, an ardent believer in the teachings
of the society, and most faithful in his attendance on its services. He was
for a long time a teacher of an adult class, and at one time superintendent of
a F'riends' Sabbath-school. The last work of his able pen was a paper on
"The Quaker in the \^'ar, " which was read at a meeting of the Loyal
Legion held in Richmond, Indiana, in May, 1897. Colonel Starr was in
failing health at this time, so that he could not attend this meeting, his wife,
Anna M. Starr, having to read this, his last paper, for him.

His life was at all times honorable and upright. He was reliable in
business, faithful in friendship, loyal in citizenship, and most true to family
and church. He believed most firmly in the Christian religion, and when the
hour of his departure came he said to his wife: " I want to die; I wish I
was at home." His death came as to one who

" Wraps the drapery of his couch about him
And has down to pleasant dreams."

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JAMES M. STARR.

This gentleman is now a resident of Washington, D. C, but various ties
bind him to Richmond, and in Wayne count}- he has a host of warm friends
who will gladly receive this record of his life. He was born in Phila-
delphia, September i8, 1824, a son of Charles West and El'zabeth (Wilson)
Starr. He was only nine months old when his parents came to Richmond,
and in the subscription schools of the frontier region he acquired his educa-
tion. When a young man he traveled through Louisiana, Arkansas and
Mississippi as a solicitor for books, but, returning home at the time of his
father's death, assumed the management of his estate. He continued the
work begun b}- his father, laying out the land into town lots, erecting resi-
dences and selling both unimproved and improved property. Until 1 8g6 he was
thus engaged, and his judicious management, wise investments and prudence
brought to him a handsome income.

Mr. Starr, however, is a man of resourceful business ability, and his
efforts were by no means confined to one line of endeavor. In December,
1856, he rented the Richmond Artificial Gas Works, and, having operated
them continuously in the meantime, purchased the plant in 1863. With
excellent success he conducted this enterprise until 1893, when he disposed
of it to the Richmond Light, Heat & Power Company, of which corporation
he is vice-president. In 1886 he purchased what is now known as the Starr
piano factory and developed that enterprise to extensive proportions, employ-
ing one hundred and fifty or more men. Under the firm name of James M.
Starr & Company he carried on that industry until 1893, when he sold out.
He now resides in Washington, but spends much of his tiine in Ivichmond,
superintending his real-estate interests and looking after his other investments.

Mr. Starr has been twice married. In 1847 Lydia Briggs, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, became his wife, but her death occurred in 1850, and her little daugh-
ter, then nine months old, died two months after the mother. In 1853 Mr.
Starr married Miss Sarah J. King, of Richmond, with whom he lived happily
for forty-four years, but in 1897 he was again deprived of his wife by death.
They had an adopted son, Edward, who died in 1891, at the age of twenty-
nine \-ears.

Mr. Starr is a member of the Society of Friends. He was long recog-
nized as one of the most able business men of Richmond, his sagacity and
foresight enabling him to make judicious investments, while his diligence,
indomitable energy and undaunted perseverance won him a prosperity that
numbered him among Wa3'ne count3''s most substantial citizens. He not only
advanced his individual interests but did much toward promoting the general
welfare by encouraging trade and commerce. His circle of friends in this

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section of Indiana is very extensive and embraces tliose who have been
identified with the pioneer epoch and the latter-day progress. His career,
both pubHc and private, is marked by the strictest integrity and faithfulness
to every trust reposed in him. The record of his life is unclouded by wrong,
and he is known as an honorable man and a pleasant companion.

JOHN M. TATMAN.

John Milton Tatman, a well known resident of Laurel township, Frank-
lin county, Indiana, is a representative of one of the early families of the
county. His father, Stephen Tatman, was born in Fleming county, Ken-
tucky, March 5, 1789, and grew up in his native state, whence he went to
Ohio, where, November 26, 18 15, he was married to Miss Nancy Ross, who
was born in what was then the territory of Ohio, January 21, 1802, and who
at the time of their marriage was but thirteen 3-ears of age. They came to
Indiana about 1836 and to Laurel township, Franklin county, in 1842. The
family iirst settled just east of the Laurel cemetery, but did not make any
purchase of land there. About two years later the father bought the place
which is now owned and occupied by his son, John M., at Mount Auburn or
Kokomo, a short distance from the town of Laurel. Stephen Tatman built
the residence which still stands on this farm. Here he passed the rest of his
life, his death occurring December 12, 1865. His wife survived him until
October 15, 1S76. They were the parents of eight children who grew to
mature years, — five sons and three daughters. Three sons and a daughter
are living in 1899, namely: James Harvey, a resident of Connersville,
Indiana; Joshua D., also a resident of Connersville; John Milton; and Mrs.
Mary \\'eber, of Des Moines, Iowa. Those deceased were: Mrs. Lizzie
Mcintosh; David D. , who died at his home in Indianapolis; Johnson R. ,
who died in Shelbyville, Indiana, where he had lived for several years; and
Nancy Jane, who died in 1854.

John Milton Tatman, who resides at the homestead, was born in Ohio,
October 28, 1832. He accompanied his parents to Indiana and has always
lived at the old home, taking care of his parents in their old age and coming
into possession of the homestead when they passed away.

He was married March i, 1S63, to Miss Sarah Malone, daughter of John
and Joan Malone. The former was born June 17, 1795, and his wife April
6, 1795. In 1836 they emigrated from Butler county, Ohio, to Franklin
county, Indiana, and settled near Andersonville. They lived there many
years and reared a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, four
of whom are now living (1899): Mrs. Julia Ann Stevenson, Mrs. Tatman,
Mrs. Margaret Lewis and David H. Those deceased were Hiram, Phoebe,
Isaac. Harriet, John M. and James Harvey. The parents passed the last

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years of their lives in Laurel. The mother died Februarj' 3, 1S79, and the
father March 13, 1SS4.

As already stated, Mr. and Mrs. Tatman are representatives of early
pioneer families of Franklin county. They have a pleasant home, sur-
rounded with the comforts which years of toil have brought, and are esteemed
by all who know them. They are members of the Methodist church of
Laurel, of which Mr. Tatman has been a steward for many years.

L. L. BURKE.

L. L. Burke, of Brookville, was born in Clarke count}', Indiana, March
2, 1S29, and is a son of James McConn and Adeline (Rob}') Burke. The pater-
nal ancestors of the family were from the north of Ireland, whence repre-
sentatives of the name crossed the Atlantic to America in the early part of
the seventeenth century. A settlement was made in \'irginia, and there the
father of our subject was born. The family, being lovers of liberty and desir-
ing to escape from the baneful influences of slavery, left the old Dominion
and went to Nashville, Tennessee. Later they removed to Louisville, Ken-
tucky, and in iSii the family was founded in Clarke county, Indiana, by the
grandparents of our subject and their children. The latter located on Gen-
eral Clarke's grant of land, in what is now Clarke county, Indiana, but the
grandparents spent their last days in Morgan county.

James M. Burke was born in Bedford county, Virginia, in 1S03, and in
1824 married Adeline (Roby) Green, who was born in Elizabethtown, North
Carolina, in 1807. After their marriage they removed to Martinsville,
Indiana, and subsequently to Putnam county. Indiana, where the father's
death occurred in 1862. His wife survived him ten years, and passed away
in Connersville, Fayette comity, Indiana, in 1872. In religious faith they
were Methodists, and in politics Mr. Burke was a Democrat until the time of
the civil war, when he espoused the cause of the Republican party, which
stood so loyally by the Union. In his family were si.\ sons and two daugh-
ters who grew to years of maturity, namely: William, now deceased; L. L.,
of this review; Luke A., who was a captain in the Ninetieth Indiana \'olun-
teers and inspector general of the Twenty-fourth Army Corps, under General
Scofield; Leonard G., who was sergeant of the Ninety-first Illinois Infantry;
James \\'., who died in Illinois, in early life; John W. , who was more
familiarly known as Guy, and who was one of the five thousand minute-men
who in twenty-four hours were organized to drive Morgan out of Indiana,
after which he joined the Twentieth Light Battery and served until the close
of the war, dying three or four years later; Mrs. Mary Clement, of Duluth,
Minnesota; and Mrs. Sarah McMahan, of Lafayette, Indiana.

In taking up the personal history of L. L. Burke, we present to our

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readers the life-record of one of the most prominent and influential citizens
of Brookville, — the popular editor of the Brookville American, and until
recently the efficent postmaster at this place. He was reared in Morgan
tounty, Indiana, and educated in the public schools of Martinsville. In
1846 he became connected with the printing business in New Albany, Indiana,
where he learned his trade and was made war news editor on the New Albany
Bulletin, which was the property of his uncle. He remained on the staff of
that paper for three or four years, and then worked on the Louisville Journal
and on other papers for about nine years. In 1861 he accepted a position in
■connection with the Indianapolis Journal, and after serving as city editor for
a time was appointed to a position in the adjutant general's office. On the
close of the war of the Rebellion he went to Washington, where he served in
the government printing office for over eleven years, and in April, 1888, he
purchased the Brookville American, which he has since published. The paper
was established in 1833, by C. F. Clarkson as a Whig organ, and since the
organization of the Republican party it has upheld the principles of this polit-
ical body. During the existence of the paper it has had some able editors,
including Rev. T. A. Goodwin, of Indianapolis, and William H. Greene, of
Shelbyville. Mr. Burke is a very able editorial writer, and the American is
now extensively quoted throughout this section of the country. He studies
closely the important questions of the day, and after mature reflection his
opinions are given to the public through the columns of his journal and have
awakened deep thought and earnest consideration of the topics involved. He
■has ever been a stalwart Republican, and his labors have been most effective
in promoting the growth and securing the success of his party.

In connection with his journalistic duties Mr. Burke is serving as a mem-
ber of the board of directors of the Brookville Telephone Company, a position
Avhich he has filled since the establishment of the important enterprise. He
also served as postmaster of Brookville, having assumed charge of the office
April 15, 1898, and under his direction its affairs were most ably admini-
stered. He recently resigned his position as postmaster, by reason of failing
health. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, and is
•ever deeply interested in the movements which tend to advance the material,
educational and moral welfare of the community. As a citizen he is loyal
and progresssive, as a business man reliable, and as a friend true and trust-
worthy.

BENJAMIN F. MASON.

The old country-place of the Mason family, in Jefferson township,
Wayne county, not far from Hagerstown, is one of the historic homesteads
of this section. Here the birth of Benjamin F. Mason, the subject of this
article, a prominent attorney and counselor at law, and president of the

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Commercial Bank of Hagerstown, occurred almost half a century ago, and
here he is still making his home, respected and looked up to, as was his
father before him.

The latter, Jacob Mason, was born in Ohio, in 1818, and in his boyhood
he came to. Indiana with his father, John Mason. On reaching man's estate,
Jacob Mason wedded Louisa Jane Guynn, a native of Kentucky, who was
born June S, 1821, and nearly all of their long and happy married life was
passed on the old farm in Jefferson township, already mentioned. By
industry and good management they accumulated valuable property, in
addition to rearing a large famil}' of children and equipping them well for
the battle of life. Jacob Mason was a Democrat of the Jacksonian school,
and was a man of unquestioned integrity of character. His death, June 8,
1S80 (which day was the anniversary of his wife's birth), was felt to be a
public loss to the community with which he had so long been identified.
The wife and mother is still living at the old homestead with her son, Benja-
min F. , and daughter, Laura Belle. Of her ten children, only two are
deceased, namely: Charles Emory, who died in boyhood, and John B.,
whose death occurred when he was about twenty-five years old. The other
children are: Martha Ann, Mary Ellen, Sarah J., I^ouvenia P., Norman
Eddy, Laura Belle (twin of Norman E.) and Clement L. With the excep-
tion of the eldest child, all were born at the Mason homestead in Jefferson
township.

Benjamin F. Mason's birth took place April 3, 1849, and during his
youth he aided in the labors of the farm, thoroughly mastering agriculture in
its various branches. He was a student by nature, and made rapid progress
in his school work. Subsequently to leaving the common schools it was his-
privilege to attend the Indiana State University, where, in 1876, he was
graduated in the law department. Since that time he has devoted his atten-
tion to his profession and has an office in Hagerstown, where he has built up-
an extensive and remunerative practice. When the Commercial Bank was
organized here, in 1880, he was one of the foremost in the enterprise, and
has served ever since its founding as president of the institution, which ranks
well with the leading ones of the county. In his political faith Mr. Mason is
a Democrat, believing thoroughly in the principles of the party with which
his father was connected for many years. In all his relations with others he
is sincere, just and upright, meriting to the fullest degree their respect
and honor.

GEORGE WASHINGTON ROBBINS, M. D.

More than half a century ago this honored citizen of Richmond took up-
the practice of medicine, to which he has conscientiously and self-sacrificingly
devoted his mature life. His paternal ancestors were of Welsh stock, but

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since pre-Revolutionary times the family has been represented in America.
Our subject's grandfather, Daniel Robbins, was born in western Pennsyl-
vania, but was an early settler of Adams county, Ohio, and died on his farm
there. His six sons have all, likewise, passed to the better land.

One of the number, Philip, the father of the Doctor, was born August
15, 1784, in the western part of the Keystone state, and, after residing in
Adams county, Ohio, until the fall of 1829, he started for Wabash county,
Indiana, with his wife, Phcebe (Caldwell) Robbins, and their five children. The
road becoming impassable ere they had reached their destination, they stopped,
perforce, in the northwestern part of Wayne county, and it so happened that
they liked the country, and at the end of three years bought a quarter-section
of land near Economy, in Perry township. But a small patch of this property
was cleared, and the father and sons had abundant work in cutting down the
forest and preparing the ground for cultivation. A quiet, God-fearing man,
faithful in all the relations of life, he was respected by every one. He mar-
ried Miss Caldwell October 3, 181 5, and three sons and two daughters were
born to the estimable couple: Sarah J. married G. W. Connor, and both
died in 1855; George W. is the second child; Rev. James Caldwell (named
for his maternal grandfather), was born in 1822 and died in 1889; Daniel,
whose death occurred in 1882, was a life-long merchant of Economy, Wayne
county; and Angeline has always made her home in this section of the state.
Rev. James C. Robbins, just mentioned, was a prominent minister in the
Methodist Episcopal church for many years, his pastoral labors beginning
about 1840, and being pursued in Indiana, Wisconsin and other places. The
father of these children departed this life on his old homestead, November
27, 1855. The wife and mother, who was born August i i, 1789, in western
Pennsylvania, died September 8, 1863.

The birth of Dr. George W. Robbins took place in West Union, Adams
count}', Ohio, March 15, 1820. His boyhood was filled with most arduous
labor on the farm in this county, and by the time that he had arrived at his
majority he felt that he preferred to enter some other line of occupation.
At this juncture, when he was in doubt as to what course he should pursue,
his uncle. Dr. Thomas McGarraugh, visited the pioneer home and pursuaded
the young man to choose his own profession. Accordingly, the latter went
to the home of Dr. McGarraugh, in Frankfort, Ohio, and, for about a year,
studied with this able instructor. Returning home, on account of illness,
young Robbins then had Dr. Henry Carver as his preceptor for two years,
and in 1845 he commenced practicing in Economy and vicinity, where he had
been known from boyhood. For a period of forty years he continued to
reside in that town, ministering to the sick and suffering, and beloved by the
whole community. After attending lectures in the Ohio Medical College, in

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1S63, he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Among the
tirst to espouse the "germ" theory, in the west, he made special study of
remedies for use in certain manifestations of disease, with the result that he
proved to his own satisfaction, and to that of many others, the efficacy of a
combination of antiseptic drugs. Upon this he obtained a patent, and has
manufactured and sold in great quantities, it being known as Robbins' Anti-
septic Compound. Since 1S85 the Doctor has been engaged in practice in
Richmond, whither his fame had preceded him.

Fraternally Dr. Robbins is a member of the blue lodge, in the Masonic
order, and in his political affiliations he has been a Whig and a Republican.
For many years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church
and a liberal contributor to various worthy philanthropies. In October, 1848,
he married Juliet Forsyth, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and of their five chil-
dren Sarah J. and Florence May are deceased. John F. is a successful
attorney of Richmond; Philip C. B., of Detroit, Michigan, is interested in
various business enterprises there, and is a traveling salesman for the Cincin-
nati firm of Proctor & Gamble; and Hattie is the wife of Eugene Hatch, of
Detroit. Mrs. Robbins is a daughter of John and Juliet Forsyth, the former
at one time sheriff of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.

EZRA MARTIN.

Among the representative early settlers of Fayette county, Indiana, was
found the subject of this memoir, Ezra Martin, who was born in Butler
count}', Ohio, January 10, 18 16, a son of early pioneers of that place. His
father, Samuel Martin, was a native of Redstone county, Pennsylvania, born
September 4, 1778; his mother, whose maiden name was Anna Potter, was
born in New Jersey, February 24, 1784. After their marriage Samuel and
Anna Martin moved from Pennsylvania to Butler county, Ohio, where they
resided until about the year 183 1, when they came over into Indiana and set-
tled on the southeast quarter of section 20, Connersville township, Fayette
county. At the time of their settlement here the family consisted of parents
and seven children, — four sons and three daughters. Here Samuel Martin
improved a farm and here he and his wife passed the rest of their days and
died. His death occurred January 9, 1851; hers, March 4, 1863. He was
a man of many estimable traits of character and was highly esteemed through-
out the community. Both he and his wife were lifelong members of the
Baptist church, in which for many years he was a deacon. Their seven chil-
dren have all passed away. Daniel, the eldest, remained in Ohio, and there
died August 11, 1849, leaving a family. Russel P. was for years a resident
of Muncie, Indiana, where he died March 22, 1874, leaving a family of seven
children. Rachel married Stout Atherton, and she died November 5, 185 1,

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leaving a large family. Mary married Ezekiel Squires; she left no family.
Sarah was the second wife of Stout Atherton; she had no children. E^ra
was the next in order of birth; and Maxwell was the youngest.

Ezra Martin was fifteen years old when he came with his parents to
Fayette county. He was reared to farm life, and in his youth had the
advantage of only a common-school education. Being naturally a student,
however, he acquired, by close observation and home study and reading, a
wide range of useful information. He remained on the home farm until his
marriage, after which he settled at Bentonville, in Fayette county, where
for ten years he was clerk in his father-in-law's store. At the end of the ten
years, his father having died, he returned to the homestead to take care of
his mother and sister. After his mother's death he purchased the claims of
the other heirs to the homestead, and on it he passed the rest of his life and
there died. His death occurred August 28, 1893, in his seventy-seventh
year. Mr. Martin was one of the representative men of his county. He
was a Republican and took an active interest in political matters, serving six
years as county commissioner and also filling the office of county assessor.
Religiously he was a Baptist, and was one of the prominent and active mem-
bers of his church. His many excellent traits of character and his blameless
life endeared him to the community in which he dwelt, and his death brought
a loss not only to his own family but also to his whole neighborhood.

Mr. Martin was married January 13, 1842, to Miss Caroline Dale,
daughter of Joseph Dale, one of the prominent citizens of Harrison township,
Fayette county, her birth having occurred at the old homestead December
15, 1 82 1. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born eight children, seven of whom
are living, six sons and one daughter, viz.: Marshall, of Connersville, Indi-
ana; Marcus, a farmer of Fayette county, owning and occupying a portion
of his father's homestead; Lewis N. , a resident of Kansas; Alice, wife of
William Porter, of Connersville township, Fayette county; Elmer, of Con-
nersville; Leon A., at the homestead; and Charles, of Connersville township.
Emma died in infancy.

Leon A., who lives with his mother at the home place, was born August
23, 1853. Like his father, he has always been a student. He completed
his education with a normal training, and for twenty years has been success-
fully engaged in teaching. He is married and has two sons, Harry G. and
Gussie B.

JOSEPH DALE.

Joseph Dale was born at Georgetown, Woodford county, Kentuck}-, April
12, 1792, son of George Dale, who was likewise a native of that county. At
the age of seven years Joseph was left an orphan, and when he was fourteen
he came to Indiana with an older brother, Alexander Dale, who located at

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Brookville. Alexander Dale engaged in the distillery business, and for some
time Joseph was in his employ. At the age of twenty the latter married
Mary Ann Bradburn, a daughter of Dr. Bradburn, and after their marriage
they settled in a frontier home in Fayette county, entering land from the
government. He cleared the forest from his land and in time developed a
fine farm and made a comfortable home for his family. He was a great
trader, and for a time was engaged in merchandising. At the homestead
above referred to twelve of their thirteen children were born. With one
exception, all reached maturity, the exception being William, who died at
the age of seven years. Five of the members are still living, viz. : Mrs.
Caroline Martin; Mary, wife of JohnRea; De Witt C. ; Susan Jane, widow of
James Elliott; and Joseph, — all but the first named being residents of Kan-
sas. Those deceased were George W., Eliza Flora, Sarah C, Martha and
Amanda Minerva.

After an active and useful life, respected and esteemed by all who knew
him, Joseph Dale passed away August 6, 1862, his death following closely
that of his wife, who died August 25, 1861. Both were devoted members of
the Baptist church. An enterprising and public-spirited citizen, he took an
interest in all that pertained to the welfare of his locality. Two terms he
served as county commissioner, and as the incumbent of that ofBce did much
to advance the material growth and development of Fayette county.

JOHN M. HARTLEY.

In Colonel John M. Hartley, of Hagerstown, Wayne county, are united
the best qualities of the patriotic, progressive American citizen. Keenly
alive to the responsible duties which devolve upon him, the soul of upright-
ness and integrity, he possesses the friendship of all who know him, and no
one is more justly entitled to representation in this volume.

His father, Josiah Hartley, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, -Ahence
he removed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in his early manhood, there marry-
ing Ann Brady. In 1838 they came to Indiana with their two children, the
younger of whom was John M., and locating in Milton, Wayne county, the
father found employment at his trade as carpenter and as a mechanic. Six
children were born to this worthy couple during their residence in .Milton,
but the only survivors of the family are the Colonel and two of his sisters.
The wife and mother died in the spring of 1852, and the father spent his
last years with his children, dying at the home of his daughter Harriet, in
Kansas, some years ago. Joseph, the eldest son, served in the Nineteenth
Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry for the full term of his enlist-
ment and was wounded, during the war of the Rebellion. He died at Madi-
son, this state, in the spring of 1897, from injuries received in the explosion

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of a steam boiler. Henry, another son, who served in the war as a private
of the Tenth Illinois Infantry, died at Knightstown, Indiana, in the spring of
1888, and left a wife, son and daughter to mourn his loss. Josiah was a
member of Company F, Nineteenth Indiana, was wounded at the battle of
Gainesville, and died at Bellevue Hospital, Philadelphia, in August, 1862.
George W. died in infancy. Mary Ann, the eldest daughter became the wife
of Alonzo Rice, and now resides in Kansas City, Missouri. Harriet, who
married Amos Crawford, died in Kansas, and left four sons and a daughter.
Elvira is the wife of Thomas J. Hanna, of McCordsviile, Indiana.

Colonel John M. Hartley was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
March 13, 1836, and nearly the whole of his life has been spent in the state
of Indiana. He had but limited educational advantages, but was diligent in
his studies, and experience and observation have been excellent teachers.
He assisted his father at carpenter work and then served an apprenticeship
to the cabinet-maker's trade. Thus he was occupied until the breaking out
•of the civil war, when he was among the first to respond to his country's
call. He enlisted for one year in Company E, Sixteenth Regiment of Indi-
ana Infantry, which regiment was the first to rendezvous at Camp Wayne,
Richmond, Indiana. In the ensuing June it was sent to Harper's Ferry,
Virginia, where it remained for several months, and the following winter
was passed at Frederick City, Maryland, in General Banks' command. Sev-
eral skirmishes were had with the rebels in the early part of 1862, but the
Sixteenth was in no serious battles, and was mustered out of service at Wash-
ington, D. C. , about the ist of May. On his return to this state the Colo-
nel located at Knightstown, and soon afterward, when the contest between
the north and the south had reached a most threatening state and the fate
of the Union hung gloomily in the balance, he commenced raising a com-
pany of volunteers. Though his patriotic ardor was undampened, his plans
were terminated by illness, and it was not until July, 1864, that he was
enabled to re-enter the service of his country. At that time he was made
.captain of Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment of Indiana
Volunteers, but was soon promoted to the rank and duties of lieutenant-colo-
nel of the regiment, acting in that capacity until the close of his term of
enlistment. During the greater part of this period the regiment was sta-
tioned in Kentucky, with headquarters at Murfreesboro, engaged in guard
duty and in guerrilla warfare.

Since 1866 the Colonel has been closely associated with the commercial
interests of Hagerstown. For some years he worked at his trade and later
was occupied in the insurance business. Since the Natural Gas Company
was organized here, in the fall of 1887, he has been its secretary, and for the
past four years he has been the secretary and treasurer of the Railway Cycle

544 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Manufacturing Company, which was founded here in February, 1895. Both
he and his son are largely interested in this flourishing concern, the business
of which is constantly increasing in volume and importance.

The Colonel is active as a Republican partisan, and during President
Harrison's administration he served as postmaster of Hagerstown. He was
trustee of Jefferson township for two terms, or for four years, and in these public
capacities he won the confidence and respect of the people by his fidelity to
their interests. Fraternally he is identified with Bowman Post, No. 250,
Grand Army of the Republic, and H. A. Lodge, No. 25, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows.

On the last day of January, 1858, the Colonel married Miss Amanda,
the eighteen-year-old daughter of John W. Macy, who had removed to Rush
county, Indiana (where Mrs. Hartley was born), from North Carolina.
Later the Macy family dwelt in Knightstown and Milton, Indiana, and, after
spending eleven years in the last mentioned town, settled in Franklin county,
this state, where the father departed this life in November, 1886; the mother,
who was afflicted with blindness for many years, died at the home of our sub-
ject and wife, in December, 1897, when in her eighty-fourth year. The only-
daughter of the Colonel is Laura, widow of Isaac D. Hines, and for some
time an employe of the Commercial Bank of Hagerstown. The only son,
Charles H., is the superintendent of the Ashland (Wisconsin) division of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Colonel Hartley and wife are members
of the Christian church, and are in thorough sympathy with all endeavors to
uplift and aid humanity.

D. W. MASON.

Deeds are thought crystallized, and according to their brillianc\- do we
judge the worth ol a man to the country which produced him, and in his
works we e.xpect to find the true index to his character. The study of the
life of the representative American never fails to offer much of pleasing
interest and valuable instruction, developing a mastering of expedients which
has brought about wonderful results. The subject of this review is a worthy
representative of that type of American character and of that progressive
spirit which undeterred by seeming obstacles or disadvantages steadily presses
forward to a desired end and accomplishes the result in view. In no pro-
fession does advancement depend more entirely upon individual merit than in
the law, and that Mr. Mason has attained a position of due relative distinc-
tion at the bar of Wayne county is an unmistakable evidence of his ability.
He is now practicing in Cambridge City, and has secured a liberal clientage.

He is one of the native sons of this county, his birth having occurred on
a farm in Jefferson township, February 19, 1833. He comes of one of the

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respected pioneer families of this region, his father, John Mason, having emi-
grated to this country in 1816, when the district was an ahnost unbroken
wilderness. He was a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and possessed
the spirit, enterprise and courage of the true frontiersman, who undaunted
by any obstacle bears the hardships of pioneer life in order to make a home
for himself and family in a new country and manifests the greatest industry
and perseverance in all his undertakings. Upon his arrival here he located
in Washington township, but after a brief period removed to Jefferson town-
ship and there improved a valuable farm. At the close of a long, busy and
successful life of eighty-four years, he was called to the home beyond,
March 3, 1869. His devoted wife, whose maiden name was Barbara Crull,
attained the same age, her death occurring in 1872. They were the parents
of fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters, but only five of the num-
ber are now living: William J., John C, George W. , D. W. and Hannah,
widow of David Weaver.

D. W. Mason, whose name introduces this review, spent his boyhood
days upon the parental homestead, his time being occupied with the various
labors which fell to the lot of the boys of that day on the frontier. Though
his educational privileges were limited, he was an apt student, and by his own
persevering efforts he became well informed on general subjects. Not desir-
ing to make agriculture his calling in life, he took up the study of law. and
in 1 86 1, at the age of twenty-eight years, was admitted to the bar of Wayne
county. He at once began practice, and his careful preparation of cases and
his devotion to his clients' interests soon secured to him a good patronage.
He was living at Hagerstown and was enjoying a good practice when, on the
1 8th of December, 1862, he put aside all personal considerations in order to
enter his country's service as a defender of the Union cause. He enlisted in
the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, as
a private and was soon actively engaged in service in the south, loyally
defending the starry banner and the cause it represented on many a southern
battlefield. In August, 1863, in recognition of meritorious conduct, he was
promoted to the rank of second lieutenant and transferred from Company C
to Company H, in the Ninth Cavalry. In December, 1864. he was com-
missioned first lieutenant of the same company, and in July, 1865, was made
captain of Company H, but as the war was then so nearly ended he was
mustered out with the old rank. He rendered his country most effective
service and made for himself an honorable military record. He participated
in the engagements at Huntsville, Alabama, Florence, Sulphur Branch
Trestle, Tennessee; Pulaski, Sugar Tree Gap, Columbia City, Tennessee;
Franklin, and the two days' fight at Nashville and at Brentwood.

Returning to his home. Captain Mason resumed the practice of law, and

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for the past twenty- five j^ears he has been a member of the bar of Cambridge
Cit\'. In the spring of 1866 he received the nomination of the Republican
party for the office of prosecuting attorney of the Wayne criminal circuit
court, just organized. He was appointed by Governor Baker to fill that
position from the spring until the time of the general election in the fall, when
he was chosen by popular ballot to the office, and was continued there by
successive re-elections until the fall of 1873. He discharged his duties with
commendable fidelity and ability and won the commendation of all law-
abiding citizens. During the period of his private practice of law he has
been retained as counsel in some very important litigated interests. His
pleas have been characterized by a clear and decisive logic and a lucid pres-
entation rather than by flights of oratory, and his power is the greater before
court or jury from the fact that his aim is ever to secure justice and not to
enshroud the cause in a sentimental garb or illusion which will thwart the
principles of right and equity involved.

In 1853 Mr. Mason was united in marriage to Miss Matilda E. Murray,
daughter of William and Nancy Murray. Her father died in 1863, at the
age of fifty-four years, and her mother, who was a native of Scotland,
departed this life ten years subsequently, when in her sixty-fourth year.
They were the parents of eleven children, but only three are living, Mrs.
'Mason, John W. and Alonzo. Our subject and his wife have two daugh-
ters. Flora married John C. Hoover and now resides in Guthrie. Okla-
ihoma. Dora Alice is the wife of Charles C. Bowker, a resident of Sarcoxie,
Missouri, who possesses considerable literary merit and is a writer of note,
;having contributed many excellent articles to newspapers and magazines.
Having spent his entire life in Wayne county, Mr. Mason is very widely
known, and his extensive circle of friends and the warm regard in which he
is held indicate his upright and honorable life.

WILLIAM S. ADDLEMAN.

William S. Addleman, one of the successful farmers of Wayne county,
"residing in Franklin township, was born near Whitewater, October 7, 1827,
belonging to one of the pioneer families of the locality. The Addlemans
■were of German lineage, and the original American ancestor was John Michel
Addleman, who came from the Fatherland to the New World, arriving in
this country May 24, 1752. He was born in Germany, September 12, 1723,
a son of Martin Addleman, and crossed the Atlantic because of a law which
prevented his marriage to the lady of his choice. They were married on
shipboard, and as he had no money his services were sold to pay for their
passage. He worked at the shoemaker's trade in Philadelphia until the debt
was paid, after which he engaged in agricultural pursuits in Chester county,

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Pennsylvania, throughout the remainder of his Hfe. His second son, Joseph
Addleman, was the grandfather of our subject. He married Sarah Pierce,
and to them were born ten children. In 1826 his sons, John M. and Caleb,
accompanied by their sister Orpha, came to Wayne count}', Indiana, and in
1828 the father brought the remainder of the family. He located in Frank-
lin township, where he spent the residue of his life, devoting his energies to
the work of the farm. He was a large, robust man, and was almost ninety
}'ears of age at the time of his death.

John M. Addleman, the father of our subject, was born April 14, 1790,
and was married November 24, 18 13, to Sarah Whitaker, whose birth
occurred in 1796. On their removal to Wayne county, they took up their
residence upon a wild tract of land, comprising one hundred and sixty acres,
which he converted into a good farm. He had also mastered the cooper's,
carpenter's and stone-mason's trades, which he followed to some extent, aid-
ing in the erection of many of the best residences of the vicinity at an early
day. In 1856 he left his farm and removed to the village of Whitewater,
where he died at the age of eighty-three years. His wife survived him only
ten days, passing away at the age of seventy. They were consistent mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for eight years the father served
as justice of the peace. In their family were fifteen children, ten of whom
grew to maturity, namely: Milton, who was killed by lightning when a young
man; Anna Maria Margaret, who is the widow of William Kemp, and is liv-
ing a mile north of Whitewater, at the age of eighty-one years; Joseph, who
died in Franklin township, Wayne county, at the age of seventy-two years,
leaving two sons, Thomas Jefferson and Charles Ardilla; John Clarkson, a
carpenter, who is living in Whitewater at the age of seventy-seven; James,
who died at the age of twenty-five; William S., whose name heads this
sketch; Benjamin, who formerly followed carpentering, and now resides in
Whitewater; Mary, wife of William H. Addleman, of Whitewater; Sarah,
wife of Robert Henderson, of Lynn, Indiana; and George, a resident of Win-
chester, Indiana.

William S. Addleman remained at home with his parents until twenty-
four years of age, continuing to engage in the operation of the home farm
even after his marriage. He also learned the trades of carpentering and
coopering in his youth, and engaged in the manufacture of flour barrels and
kegs. Later he purchased a small farm near Whitewater, and after trading
land several times, finally purchased his present farm, which he has occupied
since 1870, a period of twenty-nine consecutive years. This is one of the
oldest improved farms of the county, having been settled by Isaac Commins,
who entered the tract from the government and made his home thereon until
his death, which occurred when he was about ninety years of age. He erected

548 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

the house which is now the home of our subject. It is built of poplar logs
and has stood for eighty years, but has been greatly remodeled by the pres-
ent owner. The farm comprises one hundred and sixty-seven acres of rich
land, and in addition to the cultivation of the fields Mr. Addleman has
engaged extensively in the breeding and feeding of hogs for the market. He
has also grown many fruits, and has found in both departments of his busi-
ness a profitable source of income.

Mr. Addleman has been twice married. Before attaining his majority
he wedded Judith Townsend, who died seventeen years later. Their chil-
dren were Charles H., who owns a farm near his father's; Orin Davis, a
farmer residing one mile west of the old homestead, who is married and has
three children; Sarah Ellen, wife of Jonathan White, who resides near White-
water, by whom she has seven children; and Anna Jane, wife of James Diehl,
a farmer of Franklin township, Wayne county. On the 17th of March, 1866,
Mr. Addleman married Miss Ellen Townsend, a sister of his former wife and
the eleventh child in the family of twelve children whose parents were Jesse
and Ellen (Griffis) Townsend. They resided for many years at Springboro,
Ohio. The father was a blacksmith, and after his removal to Franklin town-
ship, Wayne county, conducted a shop on his farm. He died at the age of
sixty-three years, and his wife passed away when about the same age. They
had twelve children, but only four are now living: John G., who resides
near Chester, Indiana; William H., who is living on the old homestead near
Whitewater; Ellen, wife of our subject; and Jesse, who is engaged in farming
near Whitewater.

Mr. Addleman cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay, in 1844,
and supported the Whig party until its dissolution, when he joined the ranks
of the Republican party, whose banner he has since followed. His wife is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Middleboro. He is a man of
energy, industry and sound judgment, and the success he has achieved in life
is due entirely to his own efforts.

REV. LEWIS W. TEETER.

In Hagerstown and vicinity one of the most widely known and most
beloved citizens is he of whom this sketch is penned. He his long been an
earnest laborer in the vineyard of the Lord, and such time as he has not
devoted to the ministry, of late years, has been spent in study and research
and in literary work. He is a man of superior attainments, and in his
denomination is an acknowledged authority in the expounding and interpreta-
tion of the Scriptures and on questions of church government.

His ancestors were of German origin, and the former spelling of his sur-
name was Dietrich, Anglicized to its present style. Abraham Teeter, the

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grandfather of our subject, was born and reared in the neighborhood of
Roaring Springs, Pennsylvania. He married in that state EHzabeth Ulrich;
at an early day removed to Miami county, Ohio, and in 1822 located in Jef-
ferson township, Wayne county, Indiana, settling upon a farm one-half mile
north of the present Hagerstown. A few years later he and his faithful
wife moved to a farm one and a half miles northwest of Hagerstown, where
they resided until summoned to the better land. They were the parents of
ten children, all but three of whom lived to maturity, and five survive at this
writing, namely: Isaac, David, Sarah Zook, Zachariah and Jacob.

Daniel Teeter, the father of our subject, was born in Miami county,
Ohio, in 1820, and from the time he was two years of age until his death he
lived on the old homestead of his father, in Jefferson township, Wayne
county. One of his marked characteristics was his natural mechanical
genius, and his skill often proved of untold benefit to himself and neighbors.
He constructed a miniature steam engine having many superior features, and
obtained a patent on it, but had not yet brought it to a state of completion
at the time of his death, which event occurred July 20, 1876. He was a good
business man, an exemplary citizen and a consistent member of the German
Baptist Brethren church, with which his family have been identified for gen-
erations. For a wife he chose Sarah Shultz, a native of the Keystone state,
and daughter of Martin and Christena (Clapper) Shultz, who were pioneers
of Wayne county. The children born to Daniel Teeter and wife are: Chris-
tena, wife of Allyn S. Deeter; Lewis W. ; Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Bow-
man, of Hagerstown; Abraham, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Catherine, wife of
Solomon Deeter; Martin, of Des Moines, Iowa; and Sarah, wife of Harrison
Johnsonbaugh. The wife and mother is still living, and thus far all of her
children have been spared to her.

Like his brothers and sisters, Lewis W. Teeter was born and grew to
maturity on the old homestead of his grandfathers in Jefferson township,
October 15, 1845, being the date of his birth. His education was obtained
in the common schools and at New Castle Academy and in diligent private
study; and for three years he was engaged in teaching. On the 6th of Janu-
ary, 1868, he joined the German Baptist church, and after having acted in the
capacity of deacon for seven years he was elected to the ministry, September
9, 1876. Three years later he was advanced to the second degree in the
ministry, and upon the fortieth anniversary of his birth, October 15, 1885,
he was raised to the eldership, at the same time being appointed bishop in
charge of the Nettle Creek congregation, which assembles at its main house
of worship, a mile west of Hagerstown, and has a membership of three hun-
dred and fifty persons. This flourishing church, of which our subject has
been overseer for over thirteen years, has three chapels surrounding its main

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house of worship, and from four to five miles distant from it, namely:
Locust Grove, White Branch and Olive Branch, — served by five other
clergymen.

In addition to his zealous labors as a pastor, Mr. Teeter is a valued
member of the general missionary board of the German Baptist denomina-
tion, and is the able editor of the Brethren's Advanced Quarterly, which is
printed by the Brethren's Publishing House, of Elgin, Illinois. For about
twenty years he had been studying for, and preparing, a commentary on the
New Testament, beginning the actual compilation of the great work in 1890.
After four years of arduous toil the task was completed, and in 1894 the
work was published in two large octavo volumes of about six hundred pages
each. Systematic and intelligent study of the Scriptures will be wonderfully
facilitated to those using this commentary, and upon every hand praise is to
be heard for the patient, diligent mind which evolved and worked out this
masterpiece, the author putting a quarter of a century of the best years of
his life into the effort of elucidating and interpreting to the nineteenth-cen-
tury mind those wondrous stories and words spoken and written many cen-
turies ago. Rev. Mr. Teeter is greatly beloved by his people, and is honored
and respected by all who know him, regardless of creed or difference of faith.

On the 28th of October, 1866, the marriage of our subject and Miss
Nancy E. Bowman, a daughter of David Bowman, was solemnized, in Jeffer-
son township. Their only son, Clinton D., died at the age of twenty-two
months, and their only daughter is Ida E. , who is at home. Mrs. Teeter
has been a loyal helpmeet and a faithful member of the church, sympathizing
with and aidmg her husband in every possible manner; and, it is needless to
say, she is held in high regard by hsr numerous acquaintances, both in and
outside of the church.

CHARLES H. BUNDRANT.

A prominent farmer of Connersville township, Fayette county, Indiana,
Mr. Bundrant, is the representative of one of Fayette county's earliest pioneer
families, and was formerly closely identified with the business interests of Con-
nersville. He began life as a poor lad, with no one upon whom to depend in
the struggle for existence, and by patient industry and untiring perseverance
he has succeeded in laying up a competency that will enable him and his
estimable wife to spend the evening of their life in comfort and plenty. He
is a son of Thomas Bundrant and was born in the state of Virginia, March
12. 1822. Thomas Bundrant was born in Bedford county, Virginia, as were
several generations of the family, the place of his birth being a farm located
a few miles north of Lynchburg. His father was John Bundrant, of French
descent, and tradition has it that the name was originally Bondurant, but

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was simplified after the family was transplanted to these shores, becoming
Bundrant. Thomas Bundrant grew to manhood in his native state and took
up arms against England in our second struggle with that nation; in 1812.
He was stationed in Virginia, and when the red-coats threatened New
Orleans, during the latter part of 18 14, his command was ordered to the
defence of tliat city. However, the battle of New Orleans occurred on
January 8, 1S15, before they reached there, and the American forces under
General Jackson achieved such a victory that the reinforcement was not
required, and the command returned to Virginia. He married Miss Susan
I^ocket and in 1830 he brought his family to Indiana, locating in Jackson
township, Fayette county. His death occurred soon after moving here, in
May, 1835, when he was about sixty years old, and the loving wife joined
him in the better world alter a separation of but four months. He was a
resident of this county but a few years, and his death took place many years
ago, yet the older residents well recall him as a good, true man. He
believed in the Jackson school of Democracy. A large family of children
were born to them, five sons and nine daughters, only three of whom are liv-
ing at this time, namely: Charles H., our subject; Mrs. Francis Williams;
and Mrs. Adaline Jordon.

Charles H. Bundrant was but eight years of age when his parents came
to this county and had not yet reached his 'teens when he was deprived of
their love and counsel. The family being a large one, the children became
widely separated, our subject being bound out to William Brown, to learn
the trade of a tanner. Mr. Brown at that time resided upon his farm, in
Jackson township, which was sold soon afterward, when he purchased a tan-
nery in Connersville, which was then but a small burg. Charles Bundrant
served an apprenticeship of six years with Mr. Brown, and then entered the
employ of Hall & Conwell, tanners, with whom he remained about three
years. At the expiration of that time he purchased an interest in the busi-
ness of Mr. Brown, and a new tannery was erected by them on the canal, on
the site now occupied by the mill. This partnership was successful, and was
continued eleven years, being dissolved by the death of Mr. Brown, in 1856.
Mr. Bundrant then settled up the business and retired to the farm on which
he now resides, on March 2, 1857.

He became a benedict on jSIay 13, 1852, when he was joined to Miss
Jane Branson, daughter of William Branson. But one child, a son, Edward
L., has blessed this union. He was born August 3, 1855, and has made
them the proud grandparents of four children: Viola, wife of Wheeler C.
Davis; Ethel, Daniel W. and Eva Maud. They are also the great-grand-
parents of a little lady. Amy Elizabeth Davis, who is so fortunate as to have
four great-grandparents living. Mr. Bundrant has spent the greater part of

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his life in Connersville, and no man stands higher in the respect and esteem
of the general public than does he. He united with the Methodist Episcopal
church in 1841, his wife uniting a few years afterward. He is now a Repub-
lican, having formerly been a Whig, and having cast his first presidential
vote for that grand statesman, Henry Clay. He has a vivid recollection of
the pioneer life, the customs of those days and the privations and suffering
often endured. He also recalls many amusing incidents, and it is a privilege
to hear his reminiscences of those early times.

William Branson, the father of Mrs. Bundrant, was born in Stafford
county, Virginia, in 1792. His father, Isaac Branson, was a soldier in the
Revolution. He moved to Belmont county, Ohio, where the rest of his life
was spent, when William was about seventeen years old. There William
was married to Miss Sarah Pickring, and in 1835 he came to Indiana and
settled in Henry county, where he passed the greater part of the remainder
of his life. His death occurred October 17, 1874, at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bundrant, and his wife died December 30, 1882, in Henry county,
at the home of one of her sons. She had almost reached her ninetieth birth-
day. Twelve children were born to them, eight sons and four daughters, all
of whom reached mature years and all of whom, except the youngest, were
born in Ohio. Four sons and three daughters are living, the family being
represented in this county by Mrs. Bundrant, who was born in Belmont
count}', Ohio, December 15, 1826.

CAPTAIN JOSEPH B. WILLIAMS.

This honored veteran of two wars, the Mexican and civil, has a record
for patriotism and loyalty to his country of which he may justly be proud.
The biographer is glad to present to his numerous friends in Hagerstown,
Wayne county and elsewhere some of the more salient features in his his-
tory, knowing that this brief tribute to his worth will be perused with great
interest.

This Captain, who is quietly passing the declining years of his life in the
town just named, is a native of Camden, Delaware, his birth having occurred
April 16, 1827. He was the only child of Edward W. and Matilda Williams,
and was but an infant when the family settled in Philadelphia, where the
mother's death occurred a short time afterward. The father re-married and
several children were born of that union. Though he had lived in Mifflin
county, Pennsylvania, for a number of years, the Captain looked upon Phila-
delphia as his real home until the outbreak of the Mexican war, when, in
opposition to the wishes of his family, who were Quakers, he offered his
services to the government, enlisting at Lewistown, the county-seat of Mifflin
county, March 25, 1847. He expected to enter the volunteer service, but

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as congress had passed an act which permitted no more enHstment of volun-
teers he became a member of the regular army, being sworn in for a term of
five years, or as long as the war should last. Thus it was that he was
enrolled in Company D, of the famous Eleventh United States troops,
commanded by General Scott, and was a participant in the celebrated battles
of Churubusco, Contreras, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec and others, finally
assisting in the actual capture of the city of Mexico. He received an honor-
able discharge August i6, 1848, at New York, and returned to Philadelphia.

The Captain had learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it to some
extent for a few years, but did not confine his energies to that one line of em-
ployment. In August, 1849, he married Sarah Jane Maben, who died in April,
1857, and of their four children three survive. In November, i860, our sub-
ject and Mary Ann Copeland were united in marriage, and the same year saw
the family established in a home near Dublin, Wayne county, Indiana. Four
children were born to this worthy couple, and two of the number are deceased.
Mrs. Williams died in Kansas several years ago, and on the 4th of June,
1895, the Captain married Mrs. Catherine Murray, the widow of C. B.
Murray.

As just stated, our subject located in Wayne county just before the war
of the Rebellion commenced, and as soon as he had made his family com-
fortable in their new home he made haste to proffer his services to the
Union. Becoming a private in Company D, Forty-first Regiment, Second
Cavalry, Indiana Volunteers, he fought under Generals Buell, Rosecrans and
Thomas, in the Army of the Cumberland. At Shiloh Grant was his com-
mander and at Chickamanga Rosecrans led the Union forces in which his
regiment played an important part. Next, sent to Knoxville to the relief of
Burnside, who was being besieged by Longstreet, the regiment completed
the work assigned to it, and returning was placed under General Thomas'
orders in the Atlanta campaign, shortly after the close of which the term of
service of the Second Cavalry — three years — expired. A large number,
however, re-enlisted, and continued, as before, active in the defense of the
stars and stripes. Soon after the battle of Shiloh, March 31, 1862, our
subject was commissioned second lieutenant, and as such, indeed, he had
acted during that engagement. Preceding the battle of Stone river, while
scouting on the extreme left of the army, at a place in Tennessee called
Hartsville, the entire brigade to which the Second belonged, including the
One Hundred and Sixth and One Hundred and Eighth Ohio and the One
Hundred and Fourth Illinois Regiments, all under the command of Colonel
Moore, head of the last-mentioned regiment, were captured by the Confed-
erates. The private soldiers, and all the officers, except Colonel Moore and
staff and officers of the Second Cavalry, were paroled; but the last mentioned

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officers, including our subject, were exchanged in April or May, 1863. Join-
ing his regiment on the 9th of June, Mr. Williams was promoted to the first
lieutenancy the following day.

After the battle of Nashville, in which his command was a part of the
victorious Union forces under Thomas, which utterly routed Bragg's army,
the Second Cavalry went on the renowned and successful cavalry raid through
northern Alabama and southern Georgia. This series of manceuvers, as
important and far-reaching in their results as any of the military operations
of the war, was directed by General Wilson, who briefly summed up what
had been accomplished in a letter of congratulations to his brave officers and
men under date of April 7, 1865. He said: "The fruits of the victory are
numerous and important; twenty-six field guns and one thirty-pound Parrott
captured on the field of battle, and over seventy pieces of heavy ordnance in
the arsenal and foundry, tilled with every variety of military munitions, and
large quantities of commissary and quartermaster's stores in depots. During
your march you have destroyed seven iron works and foundries, several
factories and collieries, many railroad bridges and trestle-works and large
quantities of cotton. While you exult in the success which crowned your
arms, do not forget the memory of those who died that you might conquer."
On the i6th of April, 1865, Columbus, Georgia, was captured, and on the
same day the brigade to which Captain Williams belonged (it being under
command of Colonel LaGrange, of the First Wisconsin Cavalry) captured
Fort Tyler. Thence he went to Macon, Georgia, where, upon the appoint-
ment of General Edward M. McCook, commander of the First Division of
Cavalry, to the provisional governorship of Florida, the battalion of the Sec-
ond Indiana Cavalry and a similar number of the Seventh Kentucky were
detailed as escorts to the general. In June they were relieved by other
troops, and, returning to Nashville, were honorably discharged July 22, 1865.
The long and distinguished service of Captain Williams (whose commission
to that rank bears date of October 4, 1864,) was acknowledged in the fol-
lowing letter written by General McCook and personally given to the Cap-
tain, upon the occasion of their meeting in the nation's capital in 1870:

Washington, D.'c, April 1, 1870.
Sir: — Captain J. B. Williams was one of my officers, serving with me through the war as
first lieutenant, and afterward as captain of Company D, Second Indiana Cavalry, the regiment
which I originally commanded. I desire to testify to the efficiency and gallantry of Captain
Williams, who was one of the most reliable officers in my command, in every respect.

Edward M. McCook.
Governor of Colorado and late Major General U. S. A.

Upon resuming the ordinary duties of a citizen and business man after
peace had been declared, Captain Williams made his home in Wayne county
but a few months. The great tide of western immigration carried him and

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his family with it, and for about a year he lived in Missouri. Thence going^
to Kansas, he was occupied in agricultural pursuits for many years, meeting
with fair success. In May, 1895, he returned to this county and expects
henceforth to be numbered among the citizens of Hagerstown. With the
consciousness of a life well spent, of duties faithfully performed, of loyalty
toward his country and his fellowmen, he is to be envied, and to his children
he will leave the priceless heritage, a worthy and honored name.

DR. ABNER N. NEWTON.

The honored and venerable subject of this memoir entered into eternal
rest in July, 1899, having been a resident of the city of Richmond and the old-
est dentist of Wayne county. For many years he had practiced his profes-
sion, with marked success, among the people of this locality, and while his
skill and ability awakened the confidence of the people his sterling worth
gained their respect and unqualified esteem. Dentistry may be said to be
almost unique among other occupations, as it is at once a trade, a profession
and a business. Such being the case, it follows that in order to attain the
highest success in it one must be thoroughly conversant with the theory of
the art, must be expert in the use of the many tools and appliances incidental
to the practice of modern dentistry and must possess business qualifications
adequate to dealing with the financial side of the profession. In none of
these qualities was Dr. Newton lacking, and therefore he attained an envi-
able position among the representatives of the dental profession in this part
of Indiana.

A native of Connecticut, he was born in East Windsor, on the Connecticut
river, June 27, 18 12, his parents being Abner Nelson and Zeviah (Skinner) New-
ton. Between the ages of seven and seventeen years he resided upon a farm
in Hebron, Connecticut, and attended the common schools during the winter
months. He afterward went to Providence, Rhode Island, and learned the
baking business, with which he was connected for six years in that city. For
two years thereafter he studied under a private tutor, in order to prepare for
college, and then entered Brown University, at Providence, where he
remained one year. On the ist of June, 1837, he started for Cincinnati, to
which place his father had removed in 18 17. He spent thirteen days and
nights in travel, and at length reached his destination. He found his father
there, and soon afterward entered upon the study of dentistry in the office
and under the direction of Melancthon Rogers, M. D. At that time there
was but one dental college in the United States, its location being in Bal-
timore.

For three years Dr. Newton remained with Dr. Rogers, and in the
spring of 1841 came to Richmond, opening the first dental office in this city.

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which at that time contained a population of only fifteen hundred. He con-
tinued in active practice for more than half a centur}-, retiring in 1892, when
eight}- years of age. He was always a close student of his profession, by
reading and investigation keeping abreast with the improvement and advance-
ment of the science of dentistry. He enjoyed a very liberal patronage
through all the long years of his active practice, and thereby acquired a
comfortable competence.

After coming to Richmond, Dr. Newton formed the acquaintance of
^liss Margaret J. Hope, and in 1843 they were united in marriage. The
lady was formerly a resident of Aurora, Indiana. By their union were born
four children. Eugene M., the eldest, served as a defender of the Union in
the civil war, and was afterward engaged in various lines of mechanical work
in Indianapolis. He died in March, 1898. Ida Z. is the widow of Joseph G.
Lemon; Lilla A. is a resident of Chicago; and Albia E. died in infancy.

When only seventeen years of age the Doctor united with the Baptist
church in Providence, Rhode Island, but after his marriage joined the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, to which his wife belonged, and was thereafter iden-
tified with that religious organization. His life was ever in harmony with his
professions, and over his record there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion
of evil. He reached the age of eighty-seven years, but the hand of time
rested lightly upon him. He was a genial, pleasant gentleman, with an
innate courtesy and refinement of spirit, and he deserved the veneration and
honor in which he was uniformly held. He was one of the best-known men
in Wayne county, and through fifty-seven years was prominently identified
with its history, giving his support to all measures calculated to prove of
public benefit, and aiding in suppressing those which he believed would be
to the detriment of his fellow men. His example is well worthy of emula-
tion, and his memory will be revered by his many friends as long as memory
permits them to recall the man and his noble life.

LEANDER A. TEAGLE.

Leander A. Teagle, who is a partner of the Quaker City Machine Works,
of Richmond, was born in Webster, Wayne county, August 23, 1853, and is
a son of Allen and Mary (Harris) Teagle. His father was born near Web-
ster and spent the greater part of his life in that locality. In early life he
followed carpentering and afterward engaged in merchandising, first in Web-
ster and later in Williamsburg. His death occurred in the latter place in
1854. when he was only twenty-four years of age. He wedded Mary Harris,
and to them were born two children: Emma, now the widow of Thomas
Weaver and a resident of Terre Haute; and Leander A., of this review. The
mother is now the wife of Nathan Overman, a farmer residing near Marion,

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Indiana. Her father, Benjamin Harris, was one of the pioneer settlers of
Wayne county. He was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1806.
His great-grandfather was a native of Wales, from which country he was
banished on account of his Protestant belief. He took refuge in America
and his son Obadiah, the grandfather of Benjamin Harris, became a minister
of the Society of Friends and settled in Guilford county. North Carolina,
where he lived until 18 10, when he emigrated to New Garden township,
Wayne county, Indiana, and here he lived for about twenty years, his death
occurring after he had passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey. Ben-
jamin Harris, Sr. , was the father of Benjamin Harris, the maternal grand-
father of our subject. He was married in North Carolina to Margaret Ingle,
and in 1807 came to Indiana. He was a man of more than ordinary ability.
Like the others of the family he was a member of the Society of Friends.
Benjamin Harris, the grandfather of Mr. Teagle, was born in Guilford
county, North Carolina, November 3, 1798, and throughout his life carried
on farming and stock-raising. He met with fair success in his undertakings
and his last years were spent in retirement from active labor. In politics he
was first a Whig and afterward a Republican, and was one of the first in the
township to take a decided stand in favor of the anti-slavery movement. He
was married in 1821 to Lydia Hiatt, a native of Virginia, and they began
their domestic life upon his farm in Green township, Wayne county. His
wife died in 1867 and two years later he removed to Richmond, where in
April, 1870, he married Hannah A. Estell, of New Jersey.

Leander A. Teagle was only eight months old when his father died, and
he was largely reared by his grandfather, Mr. Harris, who was then living at
the corner of School and Harris streets, West Richmond, the latter street
having been named in his honor. In his youth Mr. Teagle pursued his edu-
cation in the schools of Richmond and West Richmond, and in Antioch Col-
lege, at Yellow Springs, Ohio. He put aside his text books when twenty
years of age and began business as a miller, in Arcanum, Ohio, where
he remained for three years. On the expiration of that period he returned
to Richmond and secured a position in the Richmond Machine Works, learn-
ing the machinist's trade. He remained in that employ for ten years, during
which time he completely mastered the business in every detail and became
an expert workman. In 1887 he established a shop of his own on North
East street, forming a partnership with J. A. Evans. Business has since
been carried on under the name of the Quaker City Machine Works, and
from the beginning their trade has steadily increased in importance and vol-
ume. They remained at their iirst location for four years and then removed
to the corner of Fourteenth and Railroad streets, erecting a large brick
building, forty by one hundred feet and two stories in height, with a base-

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ment. This step was necessary in order to secure enlarged facilities that thej'^
might meet the growing demands of their trade. They manufacture engines
to some extent, but are largely engaged in the manufacture of ventilating
apparatus for florists, and their trade extends throughout the United States
and Canada. Their plant is well equipped with the best improved machin-
ery, and they turn out a high grade of work. This is one of the leading
industrial concerns of the city, and is bringing to the proprietors good finan-
cial returns.

Mr. Teagle exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and
measures of the Republican party, but otherwise takes no active part in pol-
itics. He is quite prominent in a number of benevolent fraternities, holding
membership in Coeur de Lion Lodge, No. 8, K. of P.; Osceola Tribe, No.
15, Improved Order of Red Men; Webb Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M.; and
King Solomon Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. He was married February 13, 1877,
to Sarah Reed, a daughter of Adam and Abigail Reed, of West Richmond,
and they now have two children, — Florence Estella and Benjamin Allen.

Such in brief is the history of one whose entire life has been passed in
Wayne county. His has been a busy and useful career, in which he has
worked his way upward to affluence, at the same time retaining the respect of
his fellow men by reason of his honorable methods and strict regard for the

ethics of business life.

LEE AULT.

Numbered among the efficient educators of Indiana is Professor Lee
Ault, who for three decades has been identified with the school system of this
state, winning the commendation and praise of all who have been interested
in this important subject. Possessing thorough knowledge of advanced
methods of teaching, and being an enthusiastic believer in education for the
people, he has brought the schools of Hagerstown, Wayne county, to a high
grade of excellence, and justly merits the approval of the public.

A native of Darke county, Ohio, born in 1846, Professor Ault passed his
boyhood on a farm in the vicinity of Greenville. His early education was
supplemented by a course at the Southwestern Normal School, which insti-
tution is now known as the National Normal. Having chosen educational
work as his future field of endeavor, he began teaching, near his native town,
in 1864, and spent the five years following in Ohio. In 1869 he came to this
state, where he carried on schools in Farmland and Winchester, Randolph
county, occupying the position of superintendent in each place. Later he
was located at Williamsburg for six years, and for one year was connected
with the schools of Centerville, Wayne county. In the meantime he was
employed by the American Book Company for a year or more.

Twenty years ago Professor Ault came to Hagerstown as superintendent

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of schools here, and during the next four years rapid improvement was
observable in the same. After an interval he returned to this place, where
he has been permanently located since 1893. In 1899 there is an enroll-
ment of two hundred and twenty pupils, eighty-six of whom are students in
the high school, — this proportion being unusually large for any town. This
is partly accounted for by the fact that graduates from the country schools of
the community are received into the high school, and thus the same privileges
are accorded them as are enjoyed by the town students. Seven teachers
are employed in the schools, this number including Professor Oliver L. Voris,
principal of the high school; and Professor W. E. M. Brown, who ranks
high as a musician, and who devotes one day in each week to teaching
music in the schools. The high-school course covers four years of work, and
the high standard which is maintained secures to graduates admission to the
various colleges of the country without preliminary examination. The grand
work which has been accomplished here by Professor Ault, seconded by his
able corps of teachers, is not the result of one year's effort, but is the out-
come of persistent, unfaltering determination to make the schools of Hagers-
town compare favorably with those of the leading towns of the state.
The high school is well equipped with apparatus necessary in the various
scientific studies, and a comprehensive library is of great benefit to students.
The marriage of Professor Ault and Miss Mary E. Bowen was solemnized
in 1S69. She is the daughter of William C. and Priscilla (Magee) Bowen.
Her father was a prominent minister in the M. E. church and served in the
legislature from this district from 1868 to 1870. He died in June, 1898, at
the age of eighty-one years, his wife having passed away in 1878. Professor
and Mrs. Ault are the parents of six children, four of whom were graduated
in the Hagerstown high schools, — Hattie Pearl, Ina May, Harry and Frank.
Charles and Edgar are still attending school. Miss Hattie Pearl is a teacher
in the Spiceland school, in Henry county, this state; Ina May is teaching in
Wayne county; and the two elder sons, Harry and Frank, are employed in
Marshall Field's wholesale house, in Chicago.

LEWIS HOOVER.

The genial and efficient superintendent of public instruction of Center-
ville. Indiana, is a teacher whose ability is shown by the success he has
achieved since taking charge of the schools here. He was born near Blounts-
ville, Henry county, Indiana, January 27, 1870, and is descended from the
sturdy German race. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Replogle)
Hoover, natives of Pennsylvania, and at this time residents of Wayne county,
Indiana.

In his boyhood Professor Hoover attended the common schools, and

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later became a student in the high school at Hagerstown. At the age of
t\vent\'-one he left the high school and entered upon the work of an instructor,
teaching in the countr}' schools and gaining much valuable experience. He
then took a teacher's course in the State Normal, at the same time atttending
to his duties as teacher, and graduated with the class of 1897. He was prin-
cipal of the high school at Centerville three years, one year after graduating
from the normal, and was then elected to the office of superintendent, the posi-
tion he now holds. The school has an enrollment of one hundred and ninety-
five pupils, and he has a corps of four teachers under him, who are assisting
him to the best of their ability in his efforts to make the schools first-class in
ever)' respect. The high-school department proper has an enrollment of
forty members, and a regular four-year course is required of them. This is
now a union school. The old school building burned down some time ago,
and the new building was erected by the township and village, with the
understanding that all high-school pupils in the township, and those in lesser
grades who reside nearer this than other schools, should be admitted
here free of charge. This is now one of the best high schools in this part of
the state, and the training is very thorough. Professor Hoover has also
engaged in scientific work, and is a scholar of more than ordinary ability.

August 19, 1895, he led to the altar as his bride, Miss Mattie Evans,
whose home was near Dalton. She was born in Dalton township and is a
daughter of William Evans, of that vicinity. She was educated in the com-
mon schools of her native township and is deeply interested in the educational
work of her husband. Her encouragement and counsel have been no small
incentive to him in carrying his work to a successful issue. She is also a
zealous worker in the church, both she and Professor Hoover being mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church, and prominent workers in the Sun-
day-school, of which he is superintendent.

JOHN W. KOOGLE.

The subject of this review is one of the most prominent men of Rich-
mond, Indiana, where he has been engaged in business for many years and
is well known and respected. He was born in Germantown, Montgomery
county, Ohio, February 23, 1840, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Duck-
wall; Koogle, and a grandson of Jacob Koogle, a native of Berks county,
Pennsylvania. The grandfather was married in his native county and reared
five children, who came west about the year 1825, with their father. They
first located near Cincinnati and later moved to Germantown, where the
grandfather died in 1853, at the advanced age of eighty-five years.

Jacob Koogle, the father of John W., was born in Berks county, Penn-
sylvania, in 1808, while the mother of our subject was born in 181 i, in Vir-

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ginia, near Baltimore. The father was a blacksmith and began business for
himself after coming to Cincinnati, but changed to Germantown, and in 1863
located in Richmond, whence, five years later, he went to Kansas, where he
died in 1873. The wife and mother survived him twenty-five years, dying in
Denison, Texas, in 1898. In politics Mr. Koogle was a Whig, a "Know-
nothing," and later a Republican, as are his sons. He was a leading mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal church and filled all the offices in that organ-
ization. Eight children blessed his home, namely: Henry, who fought in the
civil war and now resides in Dayton, Ohio, where he manufactures carriages;
Elizabeth, who married Edward Clifford, who was captain in the One Hun-
dred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Regiment during the Rebellion, and is now a
painter living at Denison, Texas; Jennie married Jacob Tittle, a mechanic,
now deceased; |. A. Koogle; August, a soldier of the signal service during
the Rebellion, now a civil engineer of the mines at Denver, Colorado; Albert
G., also of Denver, is an engineer on the railroad; both he and August left
Oxford College to enter the signal service; Dora married Walter Smith, of
Denver, who was in the government service as United States detective dur-
ing the civil war; and Addie, who married Preston Harding, a farmer of Illi-

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John W. Koogle spent his earl}' years in Germantown and there received
his primary education, later becoming a student in Holbrook's Normal School
at Lebanon, Ohio. At the age of twenty he taught one year and then
opened a grocery store in his native town, which he conducted for one and.
one-half years. In 1862 he came to Richmond on a visit to his sister,
walked up town, saw a grocery which he fancied, and purchased it. After
carrying on this business one year he bought a stock of queensvvare, in which
also he dealt until 1868, when he moved on a farm and devoted two years to
agriculture. In 1870 he returned to Richmond and began traveling for the
Richmond Cutlery House. After being with them in this capacity for three
years he was made manager of the business and remained in that capacity
three years more. He then accepted a position as shipping clerk for
Haynes, Spencer & Company's church furniture factory. They did a large,
profitable business, and he remained with them fourteen years. He then be-
came associated with A. W. Heppleman in selling the goods from this fac-
tory. In 1893 a stock company was formed which purchased the plant and
conducted the business as the Indiana Church Furniture Company. Mr.
Koogle traveled for them one year, when he was made manager of the plant
and shortly after was given the additional office of secretary and treasurer of
the company, which he retains at this time. He is also a director. They
manufacture only church furniture and ship their goods to all parts of the
United States.

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Mr. Koogle was married September 13, 1864, to Miss \'irginia Irdell, of
this cit}-, and six children have brightened their home. viz. : Blanche, wife
of E. \\'. Willbrandt, manufacturer and wholesale dealer in surgical instru-
ments, in St. Louis; Samuel, a machinist of this city; Ella, a cashier; W. G.,
a salesman for E. \V. Willbrandt; Howard, a student of Richmond Business
College; and Stella, an attendant at the high school. Mr. Koogle is a strong
Republican, but has never been an aspirant for office. He is a member of
Grace Methodist Episcopal church, in which body he has served on the
official board and has been treasurer for seven years. He is a member of the
Royal Arcanum and the Travelers' Protective Association.

JOSIAH SHIVELY.

Ever}' well rounded, upright life is an inspiration to others, and when
innumerable worthy qualities are blended in one person, who earnestly and
conscientiously has worked out the problems of his existence, it is but sim-
ple justice that a record of his career be kept. In the life of Josiah Shively
many lessons may be gleaned, — lessons of independence and self-reliance, of
regard for the rights and feelings of others, of courage in the time of rever-
ses and affliction.

For a quarter of a century one of the leading business men of Hagers-
town, Wayne county, Josiah Shively passed his entire life in this region, not
far from the boundary line between the states of Ohio and Indiana. He
was born on a farm in Preble county, Ohio, August i, 1833, his father being
Henry Shively. The lad was reared to agricultural duties, and obtained an
ordinary education in the district schools of the period. His ambition and
natural bent, however, were toward a mercantile life, and when he was
about eighteen years of age he took a course of training and instruction in
Springfield (Ohio) Business College. Soon afterward he embarked in the
grocery business in Winchester, Preble county, and later was engaged in
general merchandising and pork-packing. He was very successful in his
various ventures until the time of the financial crash which followed the
close of the war of the Rebellion, when, like hundreds and thousands of
hitherto prosperous business men, he lost everything he possessed, — the
accumulations of years of toil and struggle. With a brave heart and renewed
determination he turned toward the task he had set before him, the retrieving
of his fortunes, and in 1869 he came to Hagerstown, where he was chiefly
engaged in the hardware business. By diligence and strict attention to the
demands of the trade, by courtesy and fair dealing, he won the esteem and
confidence of all who knew him, and thus prospered, as he deserved. In 1880
he erected the business block which bears his name, and no citizen here was
more interested in the development and progress of the town. In his polit-

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ical affiliations he was a Republican, patriotically proud and glad to witness
the triumph of the principles in which he firmly believed, but never seeking
nor desiring public office for himself. Though he was not identified with
any religious body he was a practical Christian, animated by the highest and
best principles, and love toward God and man was expressed in his daily life.
The marriage of Mr. Shively and Miss Artemecia Taylor was solemnized
October 15, 1857. She was born in Winchester, Preble county, Ohio, a
daughter of Rev. Wilkinson and Phcebe (Card) Taylor. The former, who
was a minister in the Baptist church, was a native of Tennessee, and when
young went to Ohio with his father, John Taylor. The father of Mrs. Phoebe
Taylor was likewise a minister of the Baptist denomination, and belonged to
a pioneer family of the Buckeye state. A sister of Mrs. Shively, Miss Eliza
W. Taylor, resides with her, and another sister, Leona, died at her home in
1873. To the union of our subject and wife two sons were born, Frank H.
and William T. The latter resides with his mother, and is a young man of
energy and talent, having inherited many of his father's able and sterling
traits of character. Mrs. Shively, who continues to dwell in the home in
Hagerstown, made dear to her by a thousand tender memories, has met with
great affliction and irreparable loss within the past few years. April 3, 1892,
her son Frank, a noble and promising young man of thirty-one years of age,
was summoned to the silent land, and two years afterward her devoted hus-
band was called to his reward, his death occurring at his home April 21,
1S94. In her great sorrow she has been "cheered and sustained by an
unfaltering trust " that, when a few more years shall have rolled away, she
will be reunited with her loved ones, who "are not lost, but gone before."
She is a faithful member of the Christian church, giving liberally of her time,
energies and means to the uplifting and bettering of mankind.

ABRAM B. CONWEI.L.

The city of Connersville has been the home and scene of labor of many
men who have not only led lives that should serve as an example to those
who come after them, but have also been of important service to their city
and state through various avenues of usefulness. Among these must be
named Abram B. Conwell, who, after many years of connection with the best
interests of this section of Indiana, passed away at his home in Connersville
November i, 1895. Through his establishing and conducting many business
enterprises of a public and private nature, he contributed materially to the
upbuilding, progress and prosperity of his community, and his name is
therefore indelibly inscribed on the pages of Fayette county's history.

A native of Lewistown, Delaware, he was born August 15, 1796, a son
of William and Nancy A. (King) Conwell. He was of English and Welsh

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extraction, and was a descendant of Betsy Ross, who made the first. American
flag. Her daughter married Abraham Conwell, who was the father of Will-
iam Conwell and the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. At the age of
fifteen years Abram B. Conwell was apprenticed to a tanner, and served for
a term of five years. In 1818 he and his eldest brother, fames, started for
Washington city on foot, but on arriving in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, James
secured a position in a shipyard, and our subject made his way to Kentucky,
where he spent nearly two years in that then new country. In 18 18 his
three brothers, James, Isaac and William, made a six-months tour on horse-
back through the northwest, seeking a location, and after their lengthy
reconnoissance reported favorably on the Whitewater valley of Indiana. Soon
afterward they made settlements in this state, James, who was a Methodist
minister, locating at Laurel, Franklin county; William, at Cambridge City,
Wayne county; and Isaac at Liberty, Union county. They all became suc-
cessful merchants and business men, contributing largely to the growth and
development of their respective localities.

Abram B. Conwell came to Connersville in 18 19 and established a tan-
nery, on Eastern avenue. His first purchase of land consisted of but one
acre. This he bought of John Conner, the founder of Connersville, and at
once erected upon it a fine residence, which is still standing. As time passed,
however, and his financial resources increased, he continued to add to his
realty possessions until he was a large land-owner, having at one time twelve
or fifteen hundred acres. His business interests covered a wide range. He
was a man of resourceful and versatile ability, capable of managing varied
concerns and carrying all forward to successful completion. He purchased of
a Mr. De Camp a mill, and later erected a new one, which he supplied with
the latest and best improved machinery. He soon secured an extensive busi-
ness in this line, the patrons of the mill coming not only from all over Fayette
but from adjoining counties. The farmers would come and camp on the
green near by, awaiting their turn to have their grists ground. Mr. Conwell
was also one of the leading representatives of the dry -goods business, con-
ducting a very large store. He was also engaged in the pork-packing busi-
ness for a number of years, his sales in that line amounting to more than si.x
hundred thousand dollars a year. Over fifty years ago he built the Merrell
block, for use in his pork-packing industry, and the volume of his business
reached mammoth proportions.

Realizing how important to the prosperity and welfare of a community
is transportation connection with the outside world, Mr. Conwell became one
of the chief promoters of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, in
which he invested sixty thousand dollars, receiving no returns save that which
indirectly came through the improvement of the town. In 1836 the state

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projected the Whitewater canal, and after the failure to complete the work a
private company was organized for that purpose. Mr. Conwell became the
leading spirit in that enterprise and was the heaviest stockholder in the
company.

On the 22d of February, 1821, Mr. Conwell was united in marriage to
Miss Elizabeth Sparks, a daughter of Matthew Sparks, then of Franklin
county, Indiana, but formerly of Maryland. They became the parents of
three children, who grew to mature years: Lafa3-ette, who was associated in
business with his father, but is now deceased; Anna K., widow of William
Merrell, who was a prominent merchant and banker of Connersville; and
Charles K., who died in 1876. In politics Mr. Conwell was a Jacksonian
Democrat and took an intelligent and active interest in all political matters,
but never aspired to public office. He was one of the early and prominent
members of the Masonic fraternity, and was a valued citizen who gave an
earnest support to all measures which he believed would prove of public
benefit. He was a very successful man and accumulated a handsome estate,
but his prosperity could not be attributed to a combination of lucky circum-
stances, resulting, instead, from energy, enterprise, integrity and intellectual
effort well directed. His business was ever conducted on the strictest princi-
ples of honesty, and while it brought him personal success it also contributed
to the public good and advancement.

THOMAS W. WORSTER.

Thomas W. Worster is one of the most influential and honored residents
of Jennings township, Fayette county, Indiana, and is a member of one of
the oldest families in the county. He is a son of James and Nancy (Milner)
Worster, and was born on the farm upon which he now resides on February
8, 1828. His grandfather, the Rev. Robert Worster, was a native of
England and came to America when a young man in early colonial times.
He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and enjoyed the dis-
tinction of being the first preacher of that denomination west of the Alle-
ghany mountains. He first located in Pennsylvania, but later moved to
Kentucky, and still later came to this county, where he died, in December,
1830, at the home of his son James. He was a remarkable man in many
respects, and was an educator as well as a preacher, having taught school
many years in this country. He was enthusiastic and earnest in his work
and possessed great powers of endurance. That he was blessed with a hardy
constitution, is shown by the extreme age which it was permitted him to
attain, as he saw one hundred and one summers come and go. His wife was
formerly Mary Gorman, a lady many years his junior, who died February i,
1832. The family have been noted for longevity, and the past and present

566 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

generations are sustaining well the record. A large number of children were
born to Robert Worster and wife, all of whom have passed to the great
beyond.

James Worster was born in the state of Pennsylvania, December 31,
17S2, and was but a lad when his father removed to Kentucky. His early
years were spent in running a flat-boat down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
to New Orleans. He married Nancy, daughter of Amos Milner and a native
of I\entucky: her father was a soldier of the Revolution and in the French and
Indian wars, and was at Braddock's defeat. James Worster took part in the
earlier engagements of the war of 1812, and in the fall of 181 3 came to Brook-
ville, Franklin county, this state. Previously he entered a tract of land in Jen-
nings township, which has remained in the possession of the family ever since
and is now the home of his only surviving son. This was one of the first
places settled in this township and at the time it was entered the Indians
were still numerous in this section, large numbers of them often being seen
hunting for game. Although great numbers of Indians fought with England
in the war then in progress, it was seldom that these settlers were molested
by those infesting this part of the country, owing in a great measure, no
doubt, to the kindness with which the whites invariably treated them.
James Worster died on the 29th day of September, 1849, in his sixty-eighth
year; and his wife, who was born September i. 1789, died September 24,
1876. They were industrious and highly respected citizens and were promi-
nent in the Methodist church. Nine children were born to them, all of
whom, with one e.xception, reached advanced age. Only two, Mrs. Sarah E.
Colby, of Delaware county, this state, and Thomas W., our subject, are
now living. Hannah was born July 31, 1806, and died at the age of eighty-
seven years; Mary J. was born October 16, 1808, and died February 6, 1899;
Amos M. was born May 25, 181 1, and died at the age of eighty-five years;
Robert was born December 7, 18 14, and died when about eighty-two; John
O., born June 10, 1817, and Lucinda, born November 23, 1822, also attained
advanced ages; while Elizabeth died at the age of thirty.

Thomas W. Worster was reared to manhood in this county, and Octo-
ber 26. 1 85 1, was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Blew, who was born
in Union county, Indiana, February 16, 1833, a^nd is a daughter of Jacob
W. and Mary (Stout) Blew. The parents of Mrs. Worster were schoolmates
and the friendship then formed ended in their marriage. Both parents
died, the mother in 1840 and the father four years later, leaving two
orphaned children, — Mary A. and James M. Mary was reared by her aunt,
Mary Blew. Both parents were descended from Revolutionary stock. Her
grandfather, Jonathan Stout, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was a
son of a companion of Daniel Boone, the famous Kentucky scout. Both

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names, Stout and Blew, are familiar in the early history of Fayette county.
Both Mrs. Worster and her children are doubly eligible to the orders of Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Worster was honored
by the birth of six children, viz.: James Austin, born May 21, 1853; John
O., October 26, 1856; Charlie S., October 24, i860; Thomas Lincoln, April
18, 1863, deceased; Mary Jane, August 6, 1867; and Grace H., Novem-
ber 21, 1872. They have four grandchildren: Thomas W., only child of
James Austin; Melvin Paul, son of John; and Edna May and Robert Clifford,
children of Charles. They are worth}' members of the Methodist Episcopal
church and are citizens who would be a credit to any community. Frater-
nally, Mr. Worster is a Master Mason and a member of the order of Odd
Fellows.

NATHAN F. CAN AD AY, M. D.

Without missing a day for thirty years, this well known physician has
faithfully labored to alleviate the sufferings of those afflicted with the ills to
which flesh is heir, and with the exception of one year spent in the west
this period has been passed in Hagerstown, Wayne county.

Charles Canaday, the grandfather of the Doctor, was a native of North
Carolina, whence he removed at an early day to Indiana, becoming a pioneer
of Richmond. None of his large family survive, but his descendants are
numerous in this portion of the state, and are invariably noted for sterling
traits of character. The father of our subject, Nathan Canaday, was born
in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 18 12, and came to Indiana when young. He was
a birthright member of the Society of Friends, but upon his marriage to
Nancy Leason, an outsider, he was disowned by the Quakers, and, with his
wife, became a devoted member of the Christian church. After his marriage,
which event took place in 1834, he removed to what was known as the Har-
vey settlement, in Prairie township, Henry county, Indiana, and, locating on
a tract of government land, improved a homestead. His death occurred
there in 1877, and his widow survived him for several years. He was a
Whig and Republican, and was progressive in his ideas, whether regarding
agriculture, public affairs or religion, and enjoyed the sincere respect of his
acquaintances and neighbors. Of the ten children born to himself and wife,
all but one daughter arrived at maturity. James, the eldest, a blacksmith
by trade, died many years ago, at Mount Summit, Henry county; Charles
W., a hero of the civil war, was killed at the siege of Vicksburg, in 1863;
Edmond T. died on a farm in Henry county; and John also is deceased.
Those living are: William, a resident of Kansas; Mrs. Anna M. Cough, wife
of J. M. Cough, a manufacturer of New Castle, Indiana; Henry H., a
mechanic in the employ of Mr. Cough; Miles M., connected with the First
National Bank of New Castle; and Nathan F.

568 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Nathan F. Canaday, who is the subject of this narrative, was born near
New Castle, Indiana, February 9, 1845, ^^^ his boyhood was spent on the
old homestead. After completing his studies in the district schools he
attended the New Castle high school, and his initiation into the theories of
medicine was under the tutelage of Dr. G. E. Swan. The young man favored
the Homeopathic system, but circumstances were such that he found it better
to attend the Eclectic Institute, at Cincinnati, at first. In 1869 he settled in
Hagerstown, and in 1870 he was graduated in the Cleveland (Ohio) Homeo-
pathic College. During the administration of President Benjamin Harrison
he was government physician at the Colorado river Indian agency, in Arizona,
for one year, when he resigned, on account of the illness of his wife, and
with this exception he has been engaged in practice in Hagerstown since the
beginning of 1869. He has been eminently successful in his chosen field of
labor and has won the good will and respect of other members of his pro-
fession, as well as that of his numerous patients.

In July, 1867, Dr. Canaday wedded Miss Elizabeth Clapper, whose
father, Jacob Clapper, was an early settler of Wayne county, coming here
from Pennsylvania. The only child of our subject and wife is Clifford E.,
who was born in 1876. After graduating in the Hagerstown high school he
attended the state university for two terms, and then was occupied in teach-
ing for a period. Then reading medicine with his father for a time, he
entered the Pulte Homeopathic Medical College, in Cincinnati, Ohio, taking
a four-years course. He is a member of the class of 1900, and gives promise
of attaining a high degree of proficiency in his chosen profession. Dr. Can-
aday and wife are members of the German Baptist church and are actively
interested in all kinds of worthy philanthropies.

CAPTAIN DANIEL K. ZELLER.

After half a century of active, aggressive labors in the business world,
the subject of this article is now living retired, having amassed a comfortable
fortune, and for several decades having occupied positions of trust and honor
in the service of the public. He has contributed generously in time, influ-
ence, work and money, to various charitable and religious organizations, and
now, in his declining days, can look back upon a past which has been filled
with deeds of kindness and helpfulness toward his fellowmen.

'About 1740 the paternal great-grandfather of the Captain came from
Switzerland to the United States. He was then a small boy, and, with his
parents, he settled in Berks county, Pennsylvania. He followed farming as
a means of livelihood, and reared his six sons to the same occupation. In
his religious attitude he was a Protestant. About 1805 five of his sons set-
tled in Ohio, and the youngest of the number, John, was the grandfather of

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•our subject. He spent the rest of his hfe on a farm in Loj^an county, Ohio;
and he and his five children, Benjamin, John, Jacob, Peter, and a daughter,
Mrs. PauHn, are deceased.

The father of Captain Zeller was John, born in Berl<s county, Pennsyl-
vania, October 22, 1797. He was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, and,
after serving for four 3'ears, was considered an expert workman. The first
house which he built was located on the bank of the Miami river, near Mid-
dletown, and every nail in it was made by hand, the cost being twenty-five
cents a pound. In 1821 he married Susannah Kumler, daughter of Rev.
Henry Kumler, who for many years was a bishop in the United Brethren
denomination, and whose paternal grandfather had emigrated from the can-
ton of Basle, Switzerland, to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, within the first
half of the eighteenth century. Henry I\umler was born January 3, 1775,
and of his twelve children Susannah was the third in order of birth. In 1823
John Zeller and his young wife settled on a farm about two miles from the
town of Seven Mile, Ohio, and in 1830 they took up their abode on a home-
stead of one hundred and eighty acres, near Millville, to which place he later
added seventy acres. Though he lived upon farms he hired men to manage
them, while he gave his own time to the contracting and building business,
and Butler county was thickly sprinkled with the houses and large bank barns
which he constructed. In his own community he was a man of prominence,
and at various times he was trustee of schools, township trustee or other local
officer of some kind. Politically he was a Jackson Democrat, and a " Free-
soiler," and was a stanch abolitionist. From his early manhood to old age
he was a preacher, being licensed and ordained as a minister of the United
Brethren church. During the week he worked at his trade and on Sunday,
he usuall}' occupied some pulpit, exhorting his hearers to lead a better life.
Though he was not well educated, he spoke the German and English tongues,
was a man of good common sense and was a great Bible student. He was
summoned to his reward in October, 1857.

Of the children born to John and Susannah Zeller, Daniel K. is the eld-
est. Henry, the second son, died in 1840, when fifteen years of age. Rev.
Solomon Zeller, a graduate of Otterbein University, is a minister of the Pres-
byterian church, living at Westfield, Illinois. Susannah is the widow of
David Zartman, and resides in Carroll county, Indiana. Jacob A. has been
a prominent educator for years, is a graduate of Miami University, and is
now a professor in the high school of Jacksonville, Illinois. The sixth child,
a son, died in infancy. Elizabeth, who died in 1864, was the wife of Jacob
Schell; and it is a notable fact, that of their five sons four were ministers of
•the gospel, one of the number, the Rev. Edward Schell, being very well
.known in the Methodist Episcopal church, and holding the office of secretary

570 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

of the National Epworth League. John M., born in 1839, died in 1840.
Catherine, deceased, was the wife of Jacob A. Carr, and her son, James A.
Carr, is the superintendent of the Hoosier Drill Works. Joseph S., of Rich-
mond, is in the tile and slate business; and E. R. , now a farmer near Winter-
set, Iowa, is a graduate of O.xford Seminary, and for some years was activel}'
engaged in teaching and in journalistic work.

Born in the vicinity of Middleton, Ohio, October 2, 1822, Captain
Daniel K. Zeller passed his boyhood on the farm, and from the time that he
was eighteen until 1847 he managed the homestead. That year he was
married, and having bought a portion of the parental farm he cultivated the
property until the spring of 1864, when he organized Company K, of the
One Hundred and Si.xty-seventh Ohio Volunteers, and was made captain of
the same. They had enlisted for one hundred days, were assembled at
Camp Butler on the 2d of May, and thence sent into West Virginia, where
they served on garrison duty until September 8, 1864, when they were mus-
tered out at Hamilton, Ohio.

On the memorable day, in November, 1864, when Lincoln was a second
time elected to the presidency. Captain Zeller left home and came to Rich-
mond to engage in business. Here, for fourteen months, he was a member
of the firm of W. H. Lanthurn & Company, but in the beginning of 1866 he
sold out his interest, and in partnership with his brother, J. S. Zeller,
engaged in the manufacture of bread and crackers. The present location of
the business, 915-917 Main street, has been maintained since August, 1869,
a new block having been built by Captain D. K. Zeller for the purposes of
the business. In 1871 our subject's son, John G., was admitted to the com-
pany, which was known as Zeller & Company. In January, 1872, the
brother, J. S., sold his interest to B. F. Crawford (now the president of the
National Biscuit Company, of Chicago,) and in August, 1874, the business
was increased by the purchase of a bakery at Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Craw-
ford undertook the management of the Mansfield bakery, and in October,
1881, our subject and his son disposed of their interest in that concern to
William Taylor. In June, 1890, Zeller & Company sold their Richmond
business to the United States Baking Company, taking stock in that great
enterprise, which controlled six plants in Indiana, a like number in Michi-
gan, thirteen in Ohio, and several in Pennsylvania. The company was
capitalized at five million dollars, and later this was increased by half a
million. D. K. Zeller became the manager of the Richmond branch and
continued as such until September, 1892, when he retired from business.
He retains his stock in the company, which was consolidated with the
New York Cracker Company and the American Biscuit Company, in Feb-
ruary, 1898, their combined capital being fifty-five million dollars.

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As previously stated, Mr. Zeller has not neglected his duties as a citizen,
and to his foresight and enterprise many of the leading improvements, indus-
tries and public institutions of Richmond may be attributed. For ten years
he has been the president of the city water-works company, and has been a
member of the board of directors of the natural-gas company and the Rich-
mond City Mill Works ever since their organization, and holds stock in the-
Westcott Carriage Manufacturing Company. For almost a score of years he
has held the position of trustee in the Home for the Friendless, and has^
officiated in a similar capacity in St. Stephen's Hospital. Socially, he belongs
to Sol Meredith Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He voted for Henry
Clay in 1844, and has been a Republican since the formation of the party.
During one term he was a member of the city council, and for one term he
was a commissioner of the county. The fine court-house, costing nearly half
a million dollars, was commenced while he was in the last mentioned office.
Nearly thirty years has he been a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church,
and was a member of the building committee, and treasurer of the same, at
the time that the First Presbyterian church was erected, and when the second
church was being erected he also took an important part in the enterprise.
His contributions to worthy benevolences and religious work have been gen-
erous, as he thoroughly enjoys the task of aiding others less fortunate than
himself.

The marriage of the Captain and Mary C. Koerner, of Union county,
Indiana, was celebrated March 18, 1847. Her father, John G. Koerner, was
a native of Germany, and left the Fatherland in order to escape being drafted
into Napoleon's army. He settled in Virginia at first, and later came to this
state, locating in Union county, where he died and lies buried. He was a,
carriage and wagon manufacturer, as well as a farmer, and was successful
and influential in his own locality. John G. , the eldest son of our subject
and wife, and a resident of Richmond, has been mentioned previously, and is
now the general superintendent of construction in the National Biscuit Com-
pany. Emma C, who is now at home, was successfully engaged in teaching
for some years, has visited Europe on two occasions, and occupies a leading
place in local society. Silas A. is employed in the Zeller branch of the
National Cracker Works, in this city. Jacob A. died in childhood.

ELWOOD BEESON.

No more honored family exists in eastern Indiana than that of the Bee-
sons, now very numerous and influential, and from the early part of the
present century intimately associated with the development and increasing
prosperity of Wayne and Fayette counties. Originally of the Society of

572 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Friends, they have followed the foundation principles of that sect, and have
been noted for all worthy traits of character. Industrious, just and upright,
they have merited the high esteem in which they have been universally held,
and, as far as known, either in this state or elsewhere, there have been no
criminals or paupers bearing the name and being descendants of the same
American ancestor.

In 1682 one Edward Beeson, of Lancashire, England, emigrated to this
country with one of the colonies, who, under William Penn, settled Pennsyl-
vania. Some years later, Mr. Beeson removed to a Virginia settlement of
Quakers, and still later he bought a tract of land on the Brandywine, in
Delaware, a portion of this property being now included within the corporate
limits of Wilmington. There he spent his remaining days and reared his
four sons. Isaac Beeson, of the fifth generation from Edward, left the Dela-
ware relatives and went to North Carolina, and from him is descended the
Indiana branch of the family. His son Benjamin was the father of Ben-
jamin, Jr., and he, in turn, the father of Thomas, who was the father of the
subject of this sketch. Thomas Beeson came to this state in 1818 and four
years later took up his abode upon the identical land now owned by his son
Ehvood. A brother, Isaac, came here first, about 18 12, settling near Rich-
mond, and another brother, Benjamin, became a resident of this town-
ship as early as 18 14. To the original quarter-section of land, upon which
stood a humble log cabin in a partially cleared tract of scarcely twelve acres,
Thomas Beeson added land from time to time, gradually improving the same
until, at the time of his death, he owned nine hundred acres of valuable
property. He was very industrious, and, having mastered the blacksmith's
and wagon-maker's trades, followed these, in connection with his farming.
He died in 1867, when in his seventy-fifth year, beloved and honored by all
who knew him. Though a zealous Democrat, he never aspired to office and
quietly pursued the even tenor of his way, doing innumerable deeds of love
and kindness to those wiih whom his lot was cast.

In Guilford county. North Carolina, his native county, Thomas Beeson
married Eunice Starbuck and one child was born to this estimable couple
prior to their removal to Indiana. Mrs. Beeson was the youngest of the nine
children of Gear and Eunice Starbuck, who were from Nantucket island,
Massachusetts. Their other children were named as follows: Peter, Eliza-
beth, Rachel, Thomas, Ruth, Lydia, Dorcas and Reuben. The union of
Thomas and Eunice Beeson was blessed with ten children, who, in order of
birth were: Junius, who died in Rush county; Mrs. Arenia Knipe; Tremilius,
who died in Madison county; Mrs. Mahala Jackson; Ariel, who died in Madi-
son county; Lexemuel, whose death occurred in Hamilton county; Mrs.

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Luzena Wright; Mrs. Samara Leeson; Ehvood and Jacob, who died at the
old homestead. The devoted wife and mother survived all but three of her
children, and now the sole survivor of the family is the subject of this sketch.
Mrs. Beeson attained the extreme age of ninety-three, her death taking place
January 1 1, 1884.

The birth of Elwood Beeson occurred September 16, 1832, and from his
boyhood he has given his whole time and attention to farming and stock-
raising. He has known no other home than the one he is still managing, and
success has crowned his well directed energy and fidelity of purpose. He
cared for his parents in their declining years, has discharged every duty rest-
ing upon him with the utmost fidelity, and the respect and praise of the
whole community has been his lifelong portion. Politically he is a Demo-
crat, but he has persistently kept himself in private life, disliking public hon-
ors and emoluments.

March 3, 1868, the marriage of Mr. Beeson and Miss Sarah A. E. Lind-
say was solemnized. She was born in Guilford county. North Carolina, June
20, 1844, her parents being William P. and Charity fBeeson) Lindsay, both
likewise of North Carolina, where they reared their family. Mr. Lindsay
was a son of William and grandson of Robert Lindsay, the latter of Scotland.
He came to this country with his two brothers, and at New York they separ-
ated, never seeing one another again. Robert went to North Carolina, and
for years owned and operated a large plantation, carried on by numerous
slaves, and in addition to this he was successful!)' engaged in merchandising
for a long period. His children were: Mrs. Guila Fields; ^^'iiliam; Robert,
a physician; Lavina; Sarah; Henry; Andrew, a physician; and Amanda.
William P. Lindsay grew to manhood upon a plantation, and learned the
trade of carriage and wagon making. For several years he followed this
calling at Kernersville, Forsyth county, and at Jamestown, but subsequently
to the death of his wife he sold out and in 1857 came to Indiana. He died
at the home of his youngest son, at Windfall, this state, December 29, iSSo.
His wife. Charity, was the youngest of the ten children of David and Nancy
Beeson, who lived and died in North Carolina, and of whom the father was
a direct descendant of the Isaac Beeson already mentioned as being of the
fifth generation from the founder of the family tree in America. The brothers
and sisters of Mrs. Charity (Beeson) Lindsay were Richard, David, Isaac,
Betsey, Polly, Letitia, Martecia and Sally. The eldest, Richard, came to
Wayne county at an early day, and is still living at the home which he later
founded in Tipton county.

Mrs. Elwood Beeson is the fourth in order of birth of her parents' si.\
children, the others being Jessie F., who died when twenty-one years old;
Robert W., who died in Kansas in the spring of 1899; Rufus P., now ol this

574 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

county; Thomas F. , who lives in Lafayette, Indiana; and David A., of Wind-
fall. Indiana. Two children blessed the union of our subject and wife,
namely: E. L. , who is an enterprising farmer of Posey township, Fayette
county; and one who died in infancy.

ELI JAY, A. B., A. M.

' ' The proper study of mankind is man," said Pope; and aside from this,
in its broader sense, what base of study and information have we .-^ Genea-
logical research, then, has its value, be it in the tracing of an obscure and
broken line or the following back of the course of a noble and illustrious line-
age whose men have been valorous, whose women have been those of gentle
refinement. We of this end-of-the-century, democratic type cannot afford
to scoff at or hold in light esteem the bearing up of a 'scutcheon upon whose
fair face appears no sign of blot; and he should thus be the more honored
who honors a fair name and the memory of upright lives. In tracing the
genealogy of our subject we find that he is descended from a long line of
sturdy, intelligent and honorable ancestors. The family was founded in
America in colonial days.

The great-grandfather of Professor Jay was William Jay, who lived in
Frederick county, Virginia. He married Mary Vestal and they were the
parents of eight children: James, who was born in 1744; William; Joseph;
John, the grandfather ot our subject; Mary, born in 1755; Rachel, born in
1758; Lydia, born in 1761 ; and David, in 1765. After the death of the father
of these children their mother removed with them to South Carolina.

John Jay, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Frederick county,
\'irginia, on the 26th of October, 1752, and as early as 1772 removed to
Newberry county. South Carolina, locating about forty miles west of Colum-
bia. About 1802 he emigrated to Ohio, and in 1808 located in Miami county,
that state, where his death occurred, April 23, 1829. While in the south he
followed teaming and farming, but after his removal to Ohio he carried on
general merchandising, hauling his goods by wagon from Baltimore to
Waynesville, Ohio. He took with him products of the country to exchange,
— maple sugar, skins, etc. His means of transportation was his own five-
horse team, which he drove through the forests and unsettled regions and
over the mountains, for that was at an early period in the development of
the country west of the Alleghanies. On these trips he was accompanied by
his son, Walter Denny, as a companion and teamster. In connection with
merchandising he also followed farming, conducting a successful business.

While in South Carolina he joined the Friends church, but in that state
the members of the society were persecuted by the Whigs and Tories during
the Revolutionary war, especially by the latter. In his political views he

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was aWhif;;. On the 4th of March, 1773, he married Elizabeth Pugh, born
also in Frederick county, Virginia. September 6, 1755. Her father, Thomas
Pugh, was a great-grandson of Ellis Pugh, who was born in Wales, Great
Britain, in 1656, and emigrated to the colony of Pennsylvania in 1687, where
he died in 1718, being an approved minister in the Society of Friends and
preaching in the Welsh language. John and Elizabeth (Pugh) Jay were
married in South Carolina and eleven children were born to them there, —
seven sons and four daughters, — namely: Jesse, who was born December 8,
1773. died September 25, 1840; Thomas, who was born June 18, 1775, died
July 8, 181 5; Mary, born January 11, 1777; Ann, December 17, 1778;
John, born February 22, 1782, died September i, 1844; Samuel, who was
born January 12, 1784, died December 14, 1859; Walter D., born July 15,
1786, died July 8, 1865; William, who was born June 19, 1788, died August
9, 1843; James, who was born November 6, 1791, died October 22, 1845;
Lydia, who was born May 15, 1793, died March 20, 1830; and Jane, who
was born September 6, 1795, died December 22, 1871.

Walter Denny Jay, the father of Professor Jay, was born in Newberry
county. South Carolina, and went to Ohio with his father about 1802, when
in his seventeenth year. He spent the next five years in assisting his father
on the farm, — in teaming and in his store. It was his father's wish that he
should become associated with himself in mercantile business; but neither
that employment nor the indoor confinement was congenial to him, and he
chose rather to go to Miami county, Ohio, and open out a farm there, where
his father had entered land and where the family were expecting soon to
settle, and where also, in 18 10, he became the owner of a farm and carried
on agricultural pursuits during his life. He also took contracts for hauling
merchandise and produce. He built and operated a gristmill in the southern
part of Miami county, Ohio, hewing the timber out of the woods. He was
a very energetic and enterprising business man, of sound judgment and keen
sagacity, and his various interests were conducted with good success. His
political support was given to the Whig party. Of the Friends meeting he
was a very active and influential member, speaking often at their meetings,
and became known as a minister of that denomination.

On the 8th of Januar}', 18 10, Walter D. Jay was united in marriage to
]\Iiss Mary Macy, a daughter of Thomas and Anna (Sweet) Macy. The Macy
family is of English origin, and the ancestry is traced back to Thomas Macy,
who was born near Salisbur)\ county of Wilts, England, in 1608, and emi-
grated to America about 1635 or 1640, locating in Salisbury, Massachusetts
In connection with nine others he purchased the island of Nantucket, and in
1659 removed with his family to that place in order to escape the persecu-
tions which the Puritans inflicted upon the Baptists, of which body he was a

576 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

member. The island was then inhabited by about three thousand Indians
and was a wild, unbroken forest. The Macy family is one of enterprise and
distinction. Its line of descent is traced down from Thomas, 1608-1682,
through John, 1653-1691, Thomas, 1687-1759, Joseph, 1709-1772, Paul,
1740-1832, and Thomas, 1765-1833, the last named being the grandfather
of our subject. In 1772 the latter removed to Guilford county. North Caro-
lina, where jNIrs. Jay was born, in 1787. Her death occurred in Miami
county, Ohio, in 1868. She had seven sons and two daughters, all born in
Miami county, as follows: Isaac, who was born February 19, 181 1, and
died in Marion, Indiana, May 14, 1880; John, who was born June 28, 1812,
and died near Union, Montgomery county, Ohio, February 6, 1840; Thomas,
who was born November 22, 1813, and died at West Milton, Miami county,
Ohio, April 14, 1890; Anna, who was born March i, 18 16, and died near
West Milton, Ohio, February 24, 1883; Macy, who was born July 24, 181 8,
and died near Frederick, Miami county, Ohio, March 31, 1832; Elizabeth,
who was born March 28, 1821, and died near Frederick, Ohio, February 8,
1840; William, who was born December 17, 1823, and died in Frederick,
Ohio, January 14, 1881; Eli, whose name introduces this article; and Levi,
who was born June 16, 1828, and died at Lyons, Kansas, February 22,
1884. Of this family Anna married Samuel Jones, who was born in Miami
county, Ohio, November 10, 18 15, and died near West Milton, Ohio, Novem-
ber 19, 1898; he was a son of John and Sarah (Mendenhali) Jones. Their
marriage took place in the Mill Creek meeting-house, Miami county, Octo-
ber 23, 1839, and they resided near West Milton, that county.

Professor Jay, to whom we now direct attention, was born in Miami
county, Ohio, February' 19, 1826, and was reared on a farm there, acquiring
his early education in the common schools. On attaining his majority he
began teaching, and when in the twenty-fourth year of his age he was mar-
ried to Mahalah Pearson, in Miami county, Ohio, October 24, 1849. She
was born in that county December 7, 1827. Her parents were both named
Pearson, her paternal great-grandfather, Samuel Pearson, and her maternal
great-great-grandfather, Thomas Pearson, being brothers, born in Pennsyl-
vania, sons of Enoch Pearson, whose father came from England to the colony
of Pennsylvania under William Penn, about 1682. These Pearson brothers
removed to Newberry county. South Carolina, about 1770, where Samuel
died, in 1790; but Thomas Pearson, born in 1728, removed to Ohio, with
his children, his grandchildren and a one-year-old great-grandchild, Sarah
Pearson, afterward the mother of Mrs. Jay, and settled in Monroe township,
Miami county. He died there, in 1820, in his ninety-third year. Her
paternal grandparents, Benjamin and Esther (Furnas) Pearson, also came to
Ohio, from South Carolina, in 1805, and with their family, of which Moses,,

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 577

the father of Mrs. Jay, was the fifth child, settled in Newton township,
Miami county.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay, after their marriage, conducted a private school of
their own until they entered Oberlin College, Ohio, where they studied
chiefly the Latin and Greek languages for two years. They then entered
Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, Ohio, which was opened in 1853, and
took a four-years course, graduating in the class of 1857. Horace Mann
was then president of that institution. After their graduation Professor and
Mrs. Jay again engaged in teaching, the latter in the preparatory department
of Antioch College, while the former was connected with the village schools
of Yellow Springs for two years. He then taught for one year at Farmers'
Institute, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and together Mr. and Mrs. Jay
taught in Spiceland Academy, Indiana, for two years. They next had
charge of the Tippecanoe City (Ohio) public schools for a year, followed by
a continuance of their educational labors in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

In the fall of 1864 they came to Earlham College at Richmond, Indi-
ana, Professor Jay having charge of the boys' boarding hall as governor, and
Mrs. Jay being a teacher in the school, after which, in conjunction, they had
charge of the preparatory department of Earlham College for two years.
The succeeding year, 1869-70, was passed in the Indian Territory, both of
them acting as clerks for an Indian agent. In the latter year they returned
to Indiana and from 1871 until 1873 were engaged in teaching near Lewis-
ville, Henry county, this state. In the autumn of 1873 he returned to Earl-
ham College, where he remained until 1883. During the first year he taught
Latin and history, in 1874 and 1875 was acting president and during the
three succeeding years Mrs. Jay was principal of the preparatory department,
while Professor Jay was the instructor in mathematics, natural sciences and
history. In 1878 he was elected professor of mathematics and filled that
position for five years, his wife teaching during the same period, mostly as
principal of the preparatory department.

Since 1884 Professor Jay has lived practically retired from teaching.
He was long numbered among the most able educators of the state and occu-
pied a prominent position in educational circles by reason of his marked
ability to impart clearly and concisely to others the knowledge he had
acquired. His explanations were lucid, his reasoning logical and easil\- fol-
lowed, and his labors were attended by most satisfactory results. Mrs. Jay
also shared in the high opinion which the public entertained for her husband,
and her womanly culture and refinement, added to her intellectual powers,
made her influence a very potent element in the college with which they were
so long connected. The closest companionship has always existed between

them. Associated in their work, drawn together by mental tastes as well as
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578 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

compatibility of temperament, their home associations have been of an ideal
character. Like her husband Mrs. Jay has the degrees of A. B. and A. M.

Their union has been blessed with a daughter, now Mrs. Mary A. Jay
Ballard, of Richmond, Indiana, having removed from Ohio to Richmond in
1864, which has since been their home. They are both birth-right members
of the Society of Friends and are active workers in the church, both being
■elders of the Whitewater monthly meeting.

To all that tends to uplift humanity, to advance the social, educational
and moral interests of the race they give their support, and their upright
Jives, characterized by all that is highest and best, furnish examples well
■■worthy of emulation.

ELMER M. DRULEY, M. D.

Dr. Elmer Morton Druley, who is engaged in the practice of medicine and
surgery at Falmouth, Fayette county, Indiana, is a native " Hoosier. " He
was born in the village of Boston, Wayne county, Indiana, August 27, 1862,
and comes from one of the early pioneer families of the state, his parents
being Smith and Anna (Evans) Druley.

Smith Druley was the seventh son in a family of fourteen children. His
'father, Samuel Druley, was a native of North Carolina, where he was reared
and where he married Elizabeth Stanley. He came with his family to Indi-
ana in its territorial days, making the journey north in the usual way, by
team, and on his arrival here entered land in Union county, near the Ohio
state line, getting the patent from James Monroe. There have been only
two transfers of that land since then, — to Smith Druley and then to E.
Druley, who still occupies the place. At the time Samuel Druley settled
here this section of the country was an unbroken forest. He cleared and
improved his farm and on it passed the rest of his life and died. Politic-
ally he was a Democrat, and religiously a Methodist. Smith Druley was
bora and reared here, and for the most part spent his life in agricultural pur-
suits. He was, however, for some years engaged in merchandising in Boston
and Richmond, Indiana, and while he was in the main successful in his busi-
ness he had heavy financial losses, entailed by fire and by going, security for
his friends. He was a Republican and a leading and influential citizen,
always having at heart the best interests of the community in which he lived.
Too old to enter the army during the civil war, he rendered useful service to
■ the Union at home. His reputation for honorable and upright dealing was
such that it made his word always as good as his bond. He died January 18,
11890, at the age of seventy-one years. His wife died in April, 1896. Both
•were Universalists. Anna (Evans) Druley, the mother of our subject, was
born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and was a cousin of Senator Peffer.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 579

The Evans family were originally Welsh, were among the early settlers of
Pennsylvania, and were for the most part farmers. Mrs. Druley's brothers
and sisters were: Lewis Evans, a physician who died of cholera in Indiana;
David Evans, a physician and surgeon, veteran of the civil war and a promi-
nent Mason, died in Indiana; Owen Evans, a resident of Columbus, Ohio;
Jonathan, a prominent manufacturer of Springfield, Ohio; Caroline Smith, of
Ohio; Mary Paul, of Whitley county, Indiana; and Blanch Edmundson, of
Springfield, Ohio. The members composing the family of Smith and Anna
Druley are as follows: Thaddeus C, a veteran of the civil war, now engaged
in the ministry of the Universalist church, at Stafford, Connecticut; Edwin
E., also a veteran of the civil war; Theodore S., of Middletown, Ohio; Lewis
C, foreman of a dynamo factory in Ontario; Lawrence A., a merchant of
Liberty, Indiana; Stella, wife of S. Hayes; and Elmer Morton, whose name
introduces this sketch.

When Elmer M. Druley was quite small his parents moved from the
little town of Boston to a farm in Union county, where he was reared, receiv-
ing his early education in the common schools. Later he spent three years
in the study of art and in 1887 he took up the study of medicine, which he
at first pursued in the office of Dr. O. E. Carr, at Boston. After spending
a year there he entered the Eclectic Medical College at Indianapolis, and
continued his studies in that institution one year. He then took charge of a
drug store at Dublin, Indiana, of which he was manager three years, at the
end of which time he went to Cincinnati and continued his studies in Eclectic
Medical Institute of that city, where he graduated in January, 1891. After
his graduation he went east to Stafford, Connecticut, where he began the
practice of his profession and where he remained four years: His next
location was at Montville, where he practiced until the fall of 1898, when he
came to Falmouth, Fayette county, Indiana. Here by his gentlemanly
manner, his strict attention to business and the success he has had, he is
gaining the^confidence of the people and has already established a considerable
practice.

Dr. Druley was married in 1891 to Miss Leona Brown, who was born in
Dublin, Indiana, in 1865, daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth (Morris)
Brown, the former of Scotch-Irish descent and by trade a carpenter. In
Joseph Brown's family were five children: Jefferson, George, Calvin, Solo-
mon and Susan. Solomon Brown was reared in Dublin and worked there at
the same trade which his father followed. He married Miss Elizabeth Mor-
ris, a daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth (Schowalter) Morris, the former a
native of New York and the latter of Virginia. The Morris family is related
to the Davis family of which the famous Jefferson Davis, of the Confederacy,
was a member. Solomon Brown was a soldier in the Union army during the

580 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

- civil war. His first wife died in 1873. By her he had five children: Theo-
dosia, now Mrs. Ogborn; Arlington, who died young; Leona, wife of Dr.
Druley; Allen, who died young; and Frances, now Mrs. Emshwiller. For
his second wife Mr. Brown married Miss Mary Waddell, of Dublin, in 1877,
and she died in 1879, leaving no issue. In 1881 Mr. Brown married Mrs.
Phcebe Sahms, a widow with two children. She bore Mr. Brown two chil-
dren: Charles, who died in infancy, and Oliver, at home. Doctor and Mrs.
Druley have two children: Morris, born November 18, 1891; and Rogers B. ,
born October 21, 1894. Mrs. Druley was reared a Universalist and is identi-
fied with that church. The Doctor is not a member of any church. He is
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a past grand of his
lodge. Politically he harmonizes with the Republican party.

JOSEPH M. THURSTON, M. D.

/■VjK

( ^ To minister to the sick and suffering, to carry cheer, sympathy and aid

to those in pain and affliction — can a nobler field of usefulness be found?
Perhaps no one can quite fill the place of the Christian physician, as he goes
from house to house in a community, carrying with him an atmosphere of
strength, faith and courage. One of the loved and esteemed physicians and
surgeons of Richmond is the gentleman whose name stands at the head of
this sketch, — one who has attained distinction and wide-spread celebrity for
his skill and research, and is a valued member of several medical associations.
Dr. Thurston comes from a family in which there have been many
representative physicians. His paternal grandfather, William Thurston, was
a native of Berkeley county, Virginia (now West Virginia), where he spent
his whole life. He was the owner of a large plantation, which was cultivated
by his slaves. He was a Whig in politics, and in his religious faith he was a
Presbyterian of the old school. For a wife he chose Elizabeth Houck, by
whom he had several children. One of the number, William H., the father
of our subject, was born near Berkeley Springs, May 2, 1801, his death
occurring May 21, 1873, at Greenfield, Ohio. As early as 181 1 he went to
Cincinnati, and from that time forward, during his active life, he was exten-
sively engaged in the milling business. He owned four mills on the Little
Miami river, and bought and shipped wheat and flour in large quantities down
the river on fiat-boats. Though quiet and unassuming in manner, he took
part in local affairs, as a patriotic citizen should, but always shunned public
office. Like his forefathers, he was a strict Presbyterian, and reared his
children in stern, inflexible ideas of duty. To himself and wife, whose maiden
name was Delila Miller, eight sons and two daughters were born. One of
the sons, Jacob, was a graduate of the Cincinnati Medical College, and for
many years practiced his profession at Burlingham, Ohio. He died at the

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 581

age of seventy-two years, August 28, 1898. Another son, E. H., is a physi-
cian at Hagerstown, Wayne county.

Dr. Joseph M. Thurston was born in Warren county, Ohio, July 2, 1 842, and
after he had obtained a hberal EngHsh education he took up the study of
medicine under the tutelage of Dr. Davis, of New Holland, Ohio. At the
end of two years the war of the Rebellion came on, and the young man was
among the first to respond to the president's call for troops to defend the flag.
He enlisted for the three months' service, in Company G, Second Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry, as a private, and ere long he participated in the dreadful first
battle of Bull Run. Upon the expiration of his term of service he re-enlisted in
Company F, Ninetieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the army
until the war had terminated. Among the numerous battles in which he
gallantly took part were Murfreesboro, Perryvilie, Wild Cat, Stone river and
Chickamauga. In the last-mentioned engagement he was taken prisoner, and
for one year and eighteen days he suffered the horrors of Libby and other
prisons. At length released on parole, he was sent to Annapolis, Maryland,
where he was mustered out of service, the war closing a few weeks after his
exchange. After his recovery from pneumonia, with which he was attacked
after participating in the battle of Stone river, he acted as ward master,
hospital steward, and assistant to the surgeons in charge.

When his country, for which he had endured so much, no longer had
need of him, Dr. Thurston returned home, and became a student in the
Physio-Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, Ohio. After his graduation, in 1866,
he located at Hagerstown, Wayne county, and for twfenty years was success-
fully engaged in practice there. In 1888 he came to Richmond, and enjoys
an extensive and remunerative patronage. He has made somewhat of a
specialty of chronic diseases, the treatment of the eye and ear, and surgery,
though his practice includes ever}' department of the "ills to which flesh is
heir." As a surgeon he is particularly skillful, having performed some truly
wonderful operations with marked success. In 1875 he was honored by an
appointment to the chair of physiology and anatomy in the Physio-Medical
College in Indianapolis, and two years later he was placed in charge of the
department of instruction on the eye and ear, in the same institution in which
he at present has the chair of nervous and mental diseases. In addition to
belonging to several county medical societies, the Doctor is a member of the
State and American Medical Associations, and that of northwestern Ohio, and
has filled the office of president of many of them at different times. At
present he is a member of the medical board of Saint Stephen's Hospital, and
for a period of eight years he was a. surgeon for the Panhandle Railroad.
Fraternally he is a Mason and Odd Fellow, and in religion adheres to the
faith long kept in the family, that of Presbyterianism.

582 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

On the 19th of October, 1869, Dr. Thurston married Miss Ida Elliott, of
Henry county, Indiana. They have had a daughter and a son, — Eveleth
Mabel; and Richard Elliott, who died November 3, 1893. The family have
a very pleasant and attractive home, where their hosts of friends are always

royally welcome.

DAVID LYONS.

The Lyons family is one that has long been identified with Fayette
county and its development. Lyons station, in this county, was named in
honor of a representative of this family, and in various other ways has their
impress been left here, as the following lines show.

David Lj'ons, whose name forms the heading of this sketch, was born
in Fayette county, Indiana, March 5, 1821, son of Abraham and Parmelia
(\'each) Lyons, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of I\entucky.
Abraham Lyons was a son of Moses Lyons, a native of the Old Dominion
and of German descent. From Virginia Moses Lyons emigrated to Ken-
tucky at an early day, and in 1817, the year after Indiana attained to the
dignity of statehood, he came hither, settling in Fayette county, where he
improved a farm. Some of his children were born in Virginia and some in
Indiana, their names, in order of birth, being as follows: Abraham, Betsey,
Anna, George and Harrison, — all now deceased. Betsey married a Mr.
Veach. Anna became Mrs. Remington and was the mother of Moses Rem-
ington, who served as a member of the state legislature of Indiana.

Abraham Lyons was reared on his father's frontier farm in Fayette
county and passed through all the privations and hardships incident to life on
the frontier. He spent his youthful days in assisting his father in the
improvement and cultivation of the farm, and remained a member of the
home circle until the time of his marriage. After his marriage he settled on
a portion of the homestead. A few years later he bought a few acres and a
cabin, and, with this for a start, succeeded in accumulating a nice property. He
afterward bought and moved to another farm, and engaged in general mer-
chandising, running a country store, and when the railroad was built here the
station was named in honor of him, — Lyons Station. For twenty-five years
he was engaged in merchandising here. He was a man of sterling integrity,
honorable and upright in all his dealings, noted for his genial, social nature
and for his hospitality, and, like his honored father before him, he enjoyed
the confidence and high esteem of all who knew him. He died in 1884, at
the age of eighty-seven years. His wife, whose maiden name was Parmelia
Veach, was a daughter of John Veach, a gunsmith by trade, but for a num-
ber of years engaged in agricultural pursuits. John Veach came with his
family from Kentucky to this state in 1820, and his death occurred here about
ten years later. He and his family were Methodists. His children in order

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of birth were Jonathan, Ai. Philip and Parmelia. The children of Abraham
and Parmelia Lyons were as follows: David, whose name introduces this
sketch; Thomas, of Fayette county; George, of Flora, Indiana; Abraham,
deceased; Andrew, who resides on the old homestead; Mrs. Cynthia Walker;
and Mrs. Mary Zimmerman.

David Lyons spent his boyhood days in honest toil on the farm and in
attending the subscription schools of the neighborhood. He remained at
home until his twenty-seventh year, when he married and then settled on
land owned by his father. Soon afterward he bought a farm, which, how-
ever, he subsequently sold, and in 1862 he moved to the place on which he
has since lived. For many years he carried on farming operations success-
fully, but for some time past has lived retired from active work, renting his
farm. Like his father and grandfather, he is known as a Democrat, giving
this party his support but never seeking official honors, nor has he ever filled
public office.

Mr. Lyons married Miss Jane Hubbell, who was born in Fayette county,
Indiana, November 14, 1820, daughter of John and Barbara (Warner) Hub-
bell, who were of German extraction. John Hubbell was a son of John Hub-
bell, Sr. , a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and a pioneer of Ohio and
Indiana, in which latter state his death occurred. The younger John Hub-
bell was born in Pennsylvania. He grew to manhood and was married in
Ohio, and in 18 19 came to Indiana and bought one hundred and sixty acres
of land in Fayette count}', built a cabin on the same and improved his farm,
and here passed the rest of his life, his death occurring in September, 186S-
He was a consistent member of the New Light church. His wife's death
occurred seven years before his. Their children, nine in number, are as
follows: Mrs. Hannah Sutton, Mrs. Polly Dawson, Mrs. Sally Worth, Mrs.
Betsey Hubbard, Mrs. Anna Johnson, Mrs. Jane Lyons, Mrs. Rebecca
Rem.ington, Leonard and John. Mr. and Mrs. David Lyons became the
parents of the following named children: Indiana, Christiana and John, all
of whom died in early life; Mrs. Rebecca Burk; James B., who died at the
age of thirteen years; William E., a resident of Kansas; Mary H., and Ade-
line, now Mrs. Caldwell. The devoted wife and loving mother departed this
life August 7, 1888. She was a consistent member of the Baptist church,
as are also some of the children.

JOHN BOWMAN.

The banking institutions of a county or town indicate in a large degree
the prosperity, thrift and business standing of the merchants and citizens of
the locality, and when properly managed reflect credit upon the place.
Wayne county is especially fortunate in the character of its banks and finan-

5S4 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

ciers, among the latter being numbered John Bowman, the popular cashier of
the Commercial Bank, of Hagerstown.

Benjamin Bowman, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this
sketch, and four of his sons, including David, the father of our subject, were
ministers of the German Baptist denomination. The family is of German
origin, and for several generations has been represented in Pennsylvania,
being noted for sterling qualities that have commanded the respect of every-
body. David Bowman, born in Montgomery county, Ohio, March 26, 18 12,
removed with his parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Bowman, to Indiana,
when he was about five years of age. They located on a tract of govern-
ment land, just north of Cambridge City, Wayne county, and a few years
later the father removed to Delaware county, Indiana, where he resided until
his death. He had numerous sons and daughters, of whom all but one lived
to attain the ripe age of four-score years or more.

David Bowman was a man of much more than ordinary ability, and,
considering his limited advantages for the acquisition of an education, his
scholarship was truly remarkable. For several years he was successfully
engaged in teaching in Wayne and Henry counties, and for fifteen years he
served as a justice of the peace. At the same time he conducted a farm in
Jefferson township, and ministered to the needs of the church with which he
was identified. Politically he was a W^hig and Republican, but would never
accept an elective office. He was noted for the absolute uprightness and
justness of his character, and he was not only looked up to and consulted by all
his neighbors, but was called upon to settle a number of estates. His death
occurred at his home near Hagerstown, in February, 1893. He is survived
by his wife, who was born in North Carolina, in 18 14, and who was Miss
Ruth Bell in her girlhood. Her father, Thomas Bell, a native of the same
state, removed to the vicinity of New Albany, Indiana, at an early day, and
later settled in Wayne county, where his death took place many years ago.
Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Bowman eight lived to mature
years, and six survive at this writing. Benjamin, who is a resident of
Hagerstown, served in the war of the Rebellion in the Fifty-seventh Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, and for a number of years has been an invalid, as the
result of his arduous army experiences. Ithamar is a citizen of Jasper
county, Missouri. Nancy is the wife of Rev. Lewis Teeter, of Hagerstown.
Sanford, a teacher by profession, lives in Marion, Indiana. Mary A. is the
wife of Hugh Allen, of Hagerstown, Elizabeth and Nehemiah died after
having arrived at maturity.

John Bowman, of this sketch, was born in Liberty township, Henry
county, Indiana, August 2, 1841. His birthplace was but two miles west of
Hagerstown, and in this immediate vicinity his entire life has been spent.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 585

He worked on the old homestead until he reached his majority, attending
school during the winter season. Later he was a student in the high schools
of Dublin and Hagerstown, and having obtained a certificate he then engaged
in teaching in the local schools for ten successive winter terms. In 1876 he
embarked in the grocery business in Hagerstown, and for three years was
thus occupied. Since 1881 he has been the cashier of the Commercial Bank
of Hagerstown, and has been largely instrumental in the maintenance of its
high reputation for careful and systematic transaction of all business entrusted
to its keeping.

On the loth of September, 1862, the marriage of Mr. Bowman and Miss
Martha A. Mason was celebrated at the home of the bride's parents, Jacob
and Louisa (Guinn) Mason, pioneers of this county. Mr. Mason is prominent
in Jefferson township, of which locality he was trustee for six years, and from
1880 to 1889 he served the people of Wayne county most acceptably as a
commissioner. The only child of our subject and wife is Edward, born
August 30, 1863, and at present a trusted employe of the Panhandle Rail-
road, at Anderson, Indiana. On Thanksgiving day, 1885, Edward Bowman
was united in marriage to Addie Mathews, daughter of Hannibal and Olive
(Perry) Mathews, who are old residents of Hagerstown. To this union two
children have been born, Edith and Rush, both bright and promising chil-
dren.

Mr. and Mrs. Bowman are consistent members of the Christian church,
and have scores of warm friends in this section.

ASHER PEARCE.

To the heroes who fought and suffered, giving several of the best years
of their early manhood to the preservation of the country under whose tiag
they were born, universal tribute of gratitude is given, and it is well that
their patriotic service should find mention in the annals of their state and
nation. Those who are enjoying the peace and prosperity which have come
as the direct result of that long and dreadful struggle between the north and
south cannot have too often impressed upon their minds the great price which
it cost.

One of the highly respected citizens of Williamsburg, Wayne county, is
Asher Pearce, one of the boys who wore the blue, and whose war record is
given below. He is the namesake of his grandfather, Asher Pearce, who was
born in New Jersey, September 25, 1768. For several generations, it seems,
the Pearces dwelt in that state, and many of them were seafaring men. Two
of the sons of Asher Pierce were lost at sea, and of his once numerous family
only one daughter, Elizabeth, survives, her home being in New Jersey, as of
yore. Her mother, the wife of Asher Pearce, bore the maiden name of Mary

586 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Ellison, and she was born December 20, 1771. The father of the subject of
this article was Herbert C. Pearce, whose birth occurred in the town of
Manasquan, New^ Jersey, September 28, 1800. When arrived at man's-
estate he married Margaret Wooley, and in 1837 he came to Wayne county,
accompanied by the members of his household and settled upon land in the
northwest part of Green township. In 1846 they removed to Williamsburg,
where the devoted wife and mother was called to her reward in 1850. For
a score of years the father was engaged in merchandising, retiring in the
winter of 1866-7. It was his great misfortune to lose his eyesight when he
was seventy-six j'ears of age, and for twenty years, or until his death, he was
totally blind. His life came to a close August 16, 1896, when he was within
twelve days of being ninety-six years old. One of the most worthy and
genuinely esteemed citizens of this county, he left the priceless heritage of an
unblemished name and record to his children and posterity. He was firm in
his convictions of right and duty and never wavered when he had made up
his mind to a course of action. Both he and his wife were life-long members
of the United Brethren church, and were among the first connected with that
denomination in this section of the county.

Of the eight children born to Herbert C. Pearce and wife all but one-
lived to maturity: Lewis, born March 23, 1828, went to California in 1850,
where he continued to make his home until his death in 1896; Lydia, born
May I, 1830, is the wife of Enoch Bunnell; Mary, born October 23, 1832,
married William P. Campbell, and is a resident of Fountain City, Wayne
county; James L. , born December 7, 1834, is a citizen of Williamsburg;
Caroline, born January 27, 1837, became the wife of Thomas Campbell, and
lives in this town also; William H., born August 29, 1844, was one of the
brave soldier boys who gave up their lives for their country, having enlisted
as a member of Company E, Sixty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, and his death occurring at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1863. when he
was less than twenty years of age.

Asher Pearce was born on the old homestead previously mentioned, the
date of his birth being July 3, 1840. He was about six years of age when he
accompanied the family in its removal to Williamsburg, which place has
since been his home. His education was obtained in the village school, and
the principles of trade were mastered by him at an early age, in his father's
store. The outbreak of the war drove all thought of business from his mind
and on the i8th of October, 1861, he enlisted as a member of Company D,
Fifty-seventh Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. As is well known,
this regiment participated in many of the important and decisive campaigns
and battles of the war, and won distinction for brilliant action upon many a
southern battle-field. One of the hardest-fought engagements in which the

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 587

young soldier took part was that of Stone River, December 31, 1862, after
which he was in the battle of Missionary Ridge and most of those of the
Atlanta campaign, under the leadership of General Sherman. After the
evacuation of Atlanta the gallant Fifty-seventh was detached from the main
army and sent to reinforce General Thomas, while their late comrades pro-
ceeded on their memorable march with Sherman to the sea. General
Thomas and his troops had a no less important campaign in the vicinity of
Nashville, as the Confederate army under General Hood was fearfully cut to
pieces. The war was terminated soon afterward, but the work of the Fifty-
seventh was not yet finished, as they were a part of the army which it was
deemed necessary to maintain at that time in Texas. Sent there under com-
mand of Stanley, they were held ready to check any aggressive movement
which might be made by Maximilian, then leading a strong military party in
Mexico and marching toward the border. The defeat of his forces, and his
subsequent sentence to death, meant the restoration of the former state of
affairs in the southern republic, and the Fifty-seventh was mustered out of
the service December 14, 1865. Mr. Pearce's term of service thus extended
over four years, and though he had numerous narrow escapes he received but
one serious wound. At the battle of Missionary Ridge he was struck by a
minie ball, which penetrated his left arm near the shoulder and entered his
body not far from his heart. The ball was extracted by a surgeon and Mr.
Pearce keeps it as a memento of the famous battle above the clouds.
Though he continued in his place of duty to the end of the war he has never
fully recovered from the shot which so nearly proved fatal. After his return
home he resumed his former occupation as a merchant and conducted a large
and paying business for many years. He is practically retired now, having
accumulated a competency. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, and fra-
ternally he is a Mason, having attained the master's degree.

Twenty-four years ago, in 1875, Mr. Pearce married Miss Naomi E.
Campbell, a daughter of William Campbell and a native of Green township,
Wayne county. The only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pearce is Beryl, wife of
Grant Watkins, of Green township. The only son, Omar, is still with his
parents. Both were given an excellent education and are well qualified to
take representative positions in society, as their parents have done.

CHARLES MARVEL, M. D.

The Marvels came to America from England in early colonial days, and
from that time until the present have been represented in the annals of the
state of Delaware. The founder of the family on this continent possessed
extensive tracts of land in Delaware, holding patents to the same, and these
interesting documents are now in the hands of the subject of this narrative.

oS8 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

The old Marvel estate mentioned has been owned by several generations, and
the records show that the Doctor, his father, grandfather and great-grand-
father were all born there. His ancestors were thrifty and highly prosperous
agriculturists, devoted to their country and to whatever they believed was
conducive to the welfare of the public. Many of them have occupied offi-
cial positions of more or less importance, meeting their responsibilities in a
manner which commanded the praise of all concerned.

Philip Marvel, son of Robert Marvel and the great-grandfather of the
Doctor, as stated above, was born on the old homestead, five miles south of
Georgetown, and there his entire life was passed. He was a stanch and
active Democrat, as was also his son, Josiah, the next in the line of descent.
The latter, who died at the age of eighty-two years, in 1862, had been a
life-long resident on the old family estate. His first marriage was to a Miss
Dofiin, of Maryland, while his second wife was Lovey Tindall. The parents
of the Doctor were Josiah Philips and Harriet Ann (Pepper) Marvel. The
father, who was born in 1825, and died in 1897, was a thrifty, progressive
farmer, respected and loved by all who knew him. In the local Democracy
he was a leader, and his party friends elected him to the office of county
treasurer in 1867 and to the office of sheriff in 1871, in which latter position
he served acceptably for two years. From 1892 until his death he acted in
the capacity of prothonotary. Of the thirteen children born to himself and
wife two of the sons are attorneys-at-law, one is a physician, one is a farmer
and the remaining son is now attending college. David Thomas has been
county attorney, clerk of the legislature, secretary of state during the term
of Governor Reynolds and afterward associate judge of the supreme court of
the state.

Dr. Charles Marvel was born at the homestead of his forefathers March
28, 1864. He is largely self-educated, though he completed his studies in
the higher branches at St. John's Preparatory School, near Wilmington,
Delaware, and later attended the Conference Academy at Dover. When
about eighteen years of age he began teaching school, and for the four years
following was thus employed. During President Cleveland's first administra-
tion he was appointed and served for almost two years as superintendent of
the Fort Peck Indian Agency, in Montana, then resigning, in order to devote
his whole time and attention to the study of medicine. His preceptor was
Dr. Charles Henry Richards, of Georgetown, Delaware, until 1888, when he
matriculated in the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia. Subsequently
to his graduation, in 1 891, he opened an office in Atlantic City, and two
years later he removed to Philadelphia, where he resided about eighteen
months. In September, 1884, he came to Richmond, where he is building
up a large and remunerative practice, and has won the good will and genuine

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regard of his brother physicians. He belongs to the County, State and
American Medical Associations, and at one time was the president of the
county organization. Since 1896 he has been the local surgeon for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He holds membership in the Society of
Friends.

The marriage of Dr. Marvel and Mary Amy, daughter of Ben and liWz-
abeth (Barker) Johnson was celebrated in this city October 18, 1893. The
pleasant home of the young couple is blessed with the presence of their
little son, Josiah Philips, and daughter, Elizabeth Johnson.

MOSES SCHMUCK.

Moses Schmuck. of Hagerstown, has been a witness of much of the
development of Wayne county. He was born in York county, Pennsyl-
vania, September 15, 1820, and passed seventeen years of his life in that
state. In 1837 the family, comprising the parents, Jacob and Catherine
Schmuck, their six sons and five daughters, came to Wayne county. Locat-
ing near Cambridge City, they occupied a cabin and passed the winter as
well as they could, and the following year they removed to Jackson-
burg, in Jackson township. Subsequently they made their home in Ran-
dolph county for about eighteen years. The wife and mother departed this
life in 1870, and three years later the father died at the home of our sub-
ject, with whom he passed his last years. Only four of their children are
now living, and of these Aaron, eighty-eight years of age, is the eldest. He
lives at the German Baptist Home in Henry county, while Cornelius is a
resident of Huntington county; and Eli dwells near Fairmount, Grant
county. The only daughter, Christina, widow of William Moore, lives with
her son in Randolph county.

Since he was old enough to handle a plow, and the various implements
necessary in farming, Moses Schmuck has been interested in agriculture,
and during his prime he was very successful in the management of his country
homesteads. He has been the owner of farms in Jefferson township and in
Henry county. After a life filled with industry and hard labor, he is now
practically retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil.

In all his undertakings, Mr. Schmuck found a true helpmate in the wife
of his youth. She was Catherine Dilling prior to their marriage, June 18,
1 845, a daughter of Jacob Dilling, born July 28, 1 823. She died November i 5 ,
1890, and about a year later Mr. Schmuck married Mrs. Elizabeth Schmuck,.
the widow of his brother Jacob. She is a native of North Carolina, her birth
having occurred in Guilford county, April 18, 1827. With her father, James
Turner, she came to southern Indiana in 1832, and a few years later he set-
tled on a farm in Jefferson township. For five years he lived at the Amos

590 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Kauffman homestead, and for a similar length of time he carried on the
Mason farm. The last years of Mr. and Mrs. Turner were spent in Grant
county, Indiana. Of their fifteen children several died when young and
nine are still living. It was in 1846 that Elizabeth Turner married Jacob
:Schmuck, who was summoned to the silent land October 22, 1890.

Four children were born to Moses and Catherine (Billing) Schmuck,
namely: Susanna, whose birth occurred December 5, 1851; Jacob, who was
born October 23, 1854, and died in infancy; Eli, born November 24, i860,
and now living in the vicinity of North Manchester, Indiana; and Alma, born
October 5, 1863. Susanna, the eldest child, is the wife of Hiram Rhinehart;
and Alma, who was the wife of Charles Hutchins, died in 1898.

Mr. and Mrs. Schmuck have spent the greater portion of their useful,
happy lives in Wayne county, have watched its development from a wilder-
ness to a thriving, prosperous country, and have done their share toward
this grand result of the labors of man. They are earnest, active members of
the German Baptist church and are loved and esteemed by all.

JOHN W. BROCKMAN.

On the roster of Franklin county officials appears the name of this gen-
tleman, who is now capably serving as county treasurer and who is connected
with the business interests of Brookville as proprietor of one of its leading
livery stables. He was born in Oldenburg, Indiana, July 28, 1861, and is a
son of Frederick Brockman, a native of Germany, who came to this country
when eighteen years of age and for twenty years made his home in Cincin-
nati. He then removed to Franklin county, locating at Oldenburg, where he
passed the remainder of his days, his death occurring in 1883, when he had
attained the age of sixty-four years. By occupation he was a farmer. He
married Catherine Kunnen, who also was born in the Fatherland and died in
Oldenburg, when about sixty years of age. By their union were born seven
children, of whom three are living.

In the usual manner of farmer lads of the period Mr. Brockman, of
this review, spent the days of his boyhood and youth, pursuing his education
in the common schools, aiding in the labors of the fields and indulging in the
sports in which boys of the period delighted. Having acquired his prelim-
inary education in the schools of Oldenburg, he spent two years as a student
in St. Mary's College, in Dayton, Ohio, after which he returned to Franklin
county. He began farming on his own account in Ray township, and still
owns one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land there, the place being
well improved with all the conveniences and accessories of the model farm.

In politics Mr. Brockman has always been an ardent supporter of Demo-
cratic principles, and has taken an active interest in promoting the growth

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and insuring the success of the party. He was called to public office in 1890,
when he was elected a trustee of Ray township, in which office he acceptably
served for five years, and during which time he built seven miles of free
gravel road, the same being the first pike road constructed in the western
part of Franklin county. In 1896 he was elected treasurer of Franklin
county, and after two years was re-elected, in 1898, his present term con-
tinuing until January i, 1901. He is a man of marked integrity, and is there-
fore well qualified to discharge the responsible duties of his position. In
August, 1899, he purchased what is known as the Tucker livery stable, and
in addition to the duties of his office he superintends the barn. He has put
in a new stock of carriages, and now has a first-class stable, which receives
and merits the public patronage.

In 1884 Mr. Brockman was united in marriage to Miss Annie Tebbe, of
Franklin county, and to them have been born four children: Edward, Rich-
ard, Elsina and Harry. The parents are leading members of the Catholic
church, and Mr. Brockman belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men. He
is one of the most capable and faithful treasurers franklin county ever had,
and is a leading representative of the Democracy of the community, which
he frequently represents in the conventions of the party. He has always
been a resident of this community and some of his stanchest friends are those
who have known him from boyhood, — a fact which indicates that his life has
been an upright and honorable one.

JOHN BEAN.

John Bean, an honored pioneer of Green township, Wayne county, was
born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania. Januar}' 17, 18 16. He was one of
ten children whose parents were Samuel and Catherine (Myers) Bean. The
former, born in the Keystone state, September 3, 1774, removed with his
family to Ohio about 1823, and from that time until death he and his
estimable wife dwelt at their home in Lebanon, Warren county. The Bean
family is truly remarkable in longevity, and of the ten children referred to
above Henry was ninety-one years of age at the time of his death, while all
of the other brothers and sisters who have passed to their reward were over
four-score years at death, and two of the four who survive are also over
eighty years of age. Of those living, Mrs. Sarah Hathaway and Mrs. Mary
Banta are residents of Ohio, while John and Mrs. Lydia Ludlum represent
the family in this county, the latter dwelling in Clay township. Those
deceased are: Henry, Mrs. Elizabeth Stoner, Mrs. Maria Lilly, Mrs. Catherine
Whitteman, Samuel and Mrs. Nancy Black.

John Bean married Elizabeth Evans, December 8, 1842, in Ohio. She
was born on the farm where they now live, November 3, 1824. Her pater-

592 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

nal grandfather, Joseph Evans, was born in New Jersey, where he grew to
manhood and married Elizabeth Bishop, who died, leaving five children.
Mr. Evans married again, and had five children by his second union. He
located in Ohio subsequently to his second marriage and passed the remainder
of his life there, in the meantime, however, coming to Wayne county and
and entering a large tract of land, which he later divided among his children.
A part of this property fell to the share of Mrs. Bean's father, Joseph Evans,
Jr., who was born in New Jersey, February 3, 1797, his mother, Elizabeth
(Bishop) Evans, dying at his birth. He accompanied the family to Ohio, and
there wedded Amy Hormel, who died April 29, 1835, at the age of thirty-one
years and left six children. Of these Mrs. Bean is the oldest one now
living; her brothers, Japhet and Elias, are living in Ohio; and Emily is the
wife of Amos Grain, of the same state. George died in January, 1883, aged
sixtj'-one years, and one brother died in infancy.

In 1843 Mr. and Mrs. Bean came to Wayne county, but remained here
but a year, then returning to the Buckeye state. In 1850 they came back
to Indiana, where they have since continued to make their home, their farm
being a portion of the original tract entered from the government by Joseph
Evans, Sr. 'They led active and useful lives until " old age crept on apace,"
and none of the inhabitants of this county are held in higher esteem. In
view of their years, they enjoy excellent health for the most part, and are
passing their declining days in content and happiness, having few regrets for
the past. To their judiciously applied energy in past years they owe the fine
and valuable homestead, which now yields abundant harvests, and their
home is supplied with all of the necessities and many of the luxuries of life.
They are attended by the loving, filial solicitude of their daughter, Mrs.
Emily Quigg, who makes her home with them. They had six children, five
of whom are still living, namely: Rosella, wife of Washington Stickelman;
Mrs. Adella Estep, Mrs. Georgiana Moorman, Mrs. Quigg and Mrs. Nena

Reynolds.

JOHN B. DOUGAN.

On the business, political, social and moral life of a community the in-
fluence of such a career as that of Mr. Dougan cannot be estimated. A man
of great force of character and unquestioned integrity, his honorable record'
has commanded the confidence of all and left its impress for good upon all with
whom he has come in contact. In his commercial life he has won that " good
name that is rather to be chosen than great riches." Throughout his life he-
has been actuated by pure motives and manly principles, and by following a
fixed purpose to make the most and best of himself he has overcome many
difficulties and risen step by step to a place of influence and honor among
public-spirited, high-minded men. As vice-president of the Second National

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Bank of Richmond, he fills an important position in the business life of the
city and has made the institution with which he is connected one of the lead-
ing financial concerns of this part of the state.

A native of Michigan, Mr. Dougan was born in Niles, December 14, 1847,
and is a son of William and Anna (Gray) Dougan. The father was born in
the north of Ireland, in 1809, and with his brother, George Dougan, came to
the United States about the year 1820, locating at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
where he learned the carpenter's trade, following that occupation in the Key-
stone state for seven years. He also mastered cabinet-making, and became
an expert mechanic. In the early '20s he removed to Niles, Michigan, where
he engaged in carpentering and contracting, erecting the greater part of the
buildings of that city during his residence there. He married Anna Gray, a
native of the north of Ireland and a daughter of Isaac and Martha (Bartley)
Gray. Her mother was an English lady, but married Mr. Gray on the
Emerald Isle, and with their daughter — their only child — they emigrated to
America in the early '20s. Their first home was in Rockbridge county, Virginia,
but after a short residence there they came to Richmond, Indiana, Mr. Gray
being one of the leading pioneer merchants of this city. He was a fine-look-
ing man, of dignified presence, dressed well, and commanded the respect of
all. His last days were spent in Niles, Michigan, where his death occurred
in 1831.

Unto William and Anna (Gray) Dougan were born the following chil-
dren: William, a practicing physician of Niles, Michigan; George, of the
firm of Hutton & Dougan, general insurance agents; David, a banker of
Denver, Colorado; John B., whose name heads this record; and Martha,
wife of I. T. Foster, of Richmond. The father of this family died in August,
1849. Eight years later, in 1857, the mother became the wife of Daniel
Reid, and by this union had two children, Daniel G., who is president of the
American Tin Plate Company; and Virginia, wife of O. H. Bogue, an attor-
ney-at-law of Wabash, Indiana. Mrs. Reid died in September, 1898, at the
advanced age of eighty-three years. Hers was a most useful and noble life,
and left a marked impress for good upon her children and all others with
whom she came in contact.

John B. Dougan spent the first ten years of his life in Niles, Michigan,
and in 1858 came with the family to Richmond, their home being on a farm
near the city. There he became familiar with all the duties and labors that
fall to the lot of the agriculturist, and in the intervals of farm work he
improved the educational advantages afforded by the district schools of the
neighborhood. He was energetic and worked hard, and the same thorough-
ness and promptness which have brought him success in later years char-
acterized his labors in his youth. In the fall of 1865 he returned to Niles,

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Michigan, where he attended school for a year, and, thus equipped for the
practical and responsible duties of a business career, he again came to Rich-
mond, in July, iS66, and entered the First National Bank, as "messenger
boy." For six years he remained with that institution, and his close appli-
cation, his faithfulness and his ability won him promotion from time to time
until he was made general bookkeeper. In 1872, when the Second National
Bank of Richmond was organized, he was tendered and accepted the position
of cashier of that institution, continuing in that capacity until January i,
1898, when he was elected vice-president. Andrew F. Scott had been presi-
dent of the bank from the time it was established until his death, in 1895.
Its present officers are John M. Gaar, president; John B. Dougan, vice-
president; S. W. Gaar, cashier; and George Eggemeyer, assistant cashier.
The bank has a capital stock of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
a surplus of one hundred thousand dollars. They do an immense business in
the line of general banking, and the institution is one of the most reliable
and trustworthy of the state. Not a little of its success is attributable to
Mr. Dougan, who has been connected therewith from the beginning and is
now the practical head of the enterprise. Other business interests have also
claimed part of his attention, and he is not slow to give his aid and encour-
agement to those which are calculated to advance the general welfare. His
realty purchases have been extensive and he has made many improvements
•upon his land, thus adding to the value and attractive appearance of prop-
erty in Richmond.

In October, 1876, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Dougan and Miss
Helen L. Scott, a daughter of William G. Scott, deceased. Long residents
-of Richmond, they have a wide acquaintance throughout the city and enjoy
the hospitality of its best homes. They hold membership in the Presbyterian
church, and for ten years Mr. Dougan has served as one of its trustees. He
also contributes most liberally to its support and is very generous in his dona-
tions to charitable interests. He is a member of Richmond Lodge, F. & A.
M. ; King Solomon's Chapter, R. A. M. ; Richmond Commandery, K. T. ; and
Indianapolis Consistory, S. P. R. S. He gives his political support to the
Republican party, but is liberal in his views, and places good government
tbefore partisanship. He is always willing to accord to others the right
which he reserves to himself of forming an unbiased judgment and acting
lupon it. He is a most enterprising and progressive business man, of
sound judgment and keen discrimination, and through his well directed
labors has gained an ample fortune. But it is not the amount one acquires
but the disposition which he makes of his wealth that determines his char-
acter. Mr. Dougan has ever used his money so wisely and well that the
most envious could not grudge him his success. He is a man of broad

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humanitarian principles, in whom kindhness and generosity find exemphfica-
tion, yet, withal, he is so plain and unassuming that the most humble and
timid feel no reluctance in approaching him. A real and sincere interest in
his fellow men prompts his many acts of kindness and makes him a friend
of the young and old, rich and poor.

RICHARD WILLIAMS.

The story of the sufferings and bravery of those who wore the blue and
fought nobly for the preservation of that Union now so great and prosperous,
as a direct outcome of their heroism and devotion to principle and country,
cannot be told too often. It is especially well that those of the younger
generations should have impressed upon their minds the fact that the liberty
and happiness which they enjoy freely was purchased for them at an awful
price, and though naught but actual civil war in which they were participants
could give the picture in its entirety, a faint idea may be gained in the
perusal of the history of those who, as in the case of Richard Williams,
experienced the horrors of war in many of its worst phases.

Had he adhered to the faith of his forefathers and carried out the prin-
ciples which it inculcates, he would have escaped much suffering, but he has
no regrets upon this score. His grandfather, Isaac Williams, one of the
pioneers of Wayne county, was a member of the Society of Friends, and,
like the majority of the Quakers of this part of Indiana, he removed to the
north on account of his hatred for the slavery practiced in the south, and
because he desired to rear his children far away from the evil influence of
the growing traffic in human beings. It was in 1811 that Isaac Williams
founded a home in the wilderness now known as Webster township, Wayne
county, and there he and his estimable wife spent the remainder of their
peaceful, industrious lives. They had several children, all of whom have
passed to the silent land.

Their eldest son, Christopher, father of Richard Williams, was a small
boy when he came to this county, and here he grew to manhood. For a
wife he chose Nancy Pitts, and soon after his marriage he removed to Hamil-
ton county, where he cleared a farm in the wilderness. Many years later
he returned to Wayne county, and carried on a homestead in New Garden
township. His last years were passed in Fountain City, his death occurring
there, October 12, 1895. The aged mother of our subject is still living at
her home in Fountain City. Both were faithful members of the Wesleyan
Methodist church for many years, their lives speaking eloquently of the noble
ideals which they cherished. A Quaker by birthright, Mr. Williams severed
his connection with the church of his forefathers by his marriage to a lady
outside of the sect, but the lofty principles of love and service toward man-

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kind, and of justice and integrity, which were inculcated in his nature and
developed by precept and example in his early years, ever exercised a domi-
nating influence over him. A friend to the oppressed colored race of the
south, his, home was a place of refuge to those who were endeavoring to
escape from the tyranny of their cruel masters, and rcany a slave did he aid
in securing his freedom. In all of his aims and struggles he had the cheerful
co-operation of his beloved wife for over sixty years, — from the time of their
marriage until death separated them.

Of the eleven children born to this worthy couple, all but one lived to
maturity, and four sons and five daughters are yet living. Richard Williams,
the second child and eldest son, was born in Hamilton county, Indiana,
January i, 1837, and when about fifteen years of age he returned to Wayne
county with his parents. He continued to dwell with them until he was
about twenty years of age, and after his first marriage he removed to Miami
county, Indiana.

The war of the Rebellion becoming a most serious conflict, which more
than a year of earnest effort on the part of the north had as yet failed to
terminate, Mr. Williams decided to strike some blows for his country, and
accordingly he enlisted, in August, 1862, becoming a member of Company I,
Fifth Indiana Cavalry, commanded by Colonel T. H. Butler. For the next
two years he was in active and daring service, in the fore-front of many a
battlefield, sent upon many a raid and expedition fraught with great danger
and hazard. Unscathed he went through it all, always was found at his
post of duty, ever ready to venture upon any errand or campaign, however
perilous, and with signal bravery he participated in many of the most
important battles of the war. Space does not permit a detailed account of
his numerous hair-breadth escapes and encounters with the enemy, and we
hasten on to record what was to him and to many of his trusty comrades one of
the most appalling events of their lives. The famous but unfortunate raid
of General Stoneman's troops into the very heart of the Confederacy will be
recalled by the student of history and by those who, with intense interest,
followed the events of the war as the drama was played in the south.
During this ill fated expedition, near Atlanta, Georgia, on the 31st of
August, 1864, while the gallant Fifth Cavalry was assisting in covering the
retreat of the main body of the Union forces, flying before a sudden and
fierce attack of the rebels, Mr. Williams and about four hundred of his com-
rades were captured. They were incarcerated in the stockades of Anderson-
ville, and there, until the close of the war, months afterward, suffered such
treatment as pens and tongues have in vain tried to picture thousands of
times since. A few lines in regard to our subject's personal experience will
be of interest to many. As he approached Wirtz, the inhumanly cruel over-

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seer, who was making the prisoners pass before him for inspection upon their
arrival at the prison pens, Mr. Wilhams remarked to some of his comrades,
despairingly: "Well, boys, this is the last place in the Confederacy."
Wirtz, overhearing this, immediately drew his revolver on the unarmed pris-
oner in a threatening manner, struck him on the head with the weapon time
and again, kicked and otherwise maltreated him, and finally warned him,
with oaths, that death awaited him if any further remarks of the kind were
made. Starvation, exposure to the elements, cruelty, disease and homesick-
ness carried off many of his comrades; who were almost glad to die and be
out of misery which seemed endless, but Mr. Williams was of stern metal
and possessed a splendid constitution, which did not altogether break down,
even under this dreadful strain. A pint of cornmeal was the ration allowed
to each soldier each day, when it pleased the authorities; but this amount
was often diminished to less than half, and occasionally no food was issued
for a day or more at a time. Once during the period of our subject's
experience there not one crumb was given to them for four days, and water
was frequently denied them. The news of Lee's surrender brought to the
unfortunate prisoners of Andersonville joy too deep to be expressed, and
upon the i8th of May, 1865, Mr. Williams was honorably discharged from
the service, at Cincinnati, Ohio.

When he had partially recovered he resumed the agricultural labors of
his early manhood, and soon purchased sixty acres of land in Green town-
ship, where he now resides. By diligence and economy he gradually amassed
a goodly fortune, and has bought and owns not less than one thousand acres
of valuable, improved farm land. The upright principles which animated
his father and grandfather have been manifest in his own career, and every
one honors and respects him. He has been married four times and is the
father of several children. His home is comfortable and well appointed, and
those of his household are provided for in a generous manner.

In the Grand Army of the Republic Mr. Williams occupies an honored
place, his membership being with Mart Ballinger Post, No. 190, which he
has served in the capacity of commander. In his political preference he is
Republican. Being fond of travel and an interested student of human nature
and the world in general, he took a well earned vacation in 1894, and made
a tour of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and it is his present inten-
tion to make a trip to the continent and the Paris Exposition in 1900.

JAMES E. KING, M. D.

For eight years Dr. King has engaged in the practice of medicine in
Centerville. Devoted to the noble and humane work which his profession
implies, Dr. King has proved faithful, and has not only earned the due

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reward of his efforts in a temporal way but has proved himself worthy to
exercise the important functions of his calling, through his ability, his abiding
sympathy and his earnest zeal in behalf of his fellow men.

The Doctor is one of Wayne county's native sons, his birth having
occurred November 7, 1S56, on a farm f:ve miles from Centerville, in what
was then Center township, but is now Webster township. His parents
were William and Jemima (Jackson) King; his grandparents were John and
Judith (Roundtree) King, and his great-grandpsrents were Jesse and
Cynthia King. The grandfather, John King, was born in Virginia, May 13,
1783, and when seventeen years of age removed to Kentucky, locating near
Winchester. He was married January 25, 18 10, to Judith Roundtree, a native
of Kentucky, born April 9, 1789. They came toWayne county in 1828,
here spending their remaining days, the grandfather dying January 5, 1859,
and the grandmother in 1866. She was one of the first members of the
Centerville Christian church. William King, the Doctor's father, was born
in Kentucky, September 5, 1823, and was only five years of age when
brought by his parents to Indiana, where he was reared upon the old family
homestead upon which our subject now resides. There he made his home
for sixty years. He acquired his education in the common schools of the
neighborhood, and throughout his business career carried on agricultural pur-
suits, in which he met with excellent success. Adding to his landed posses-
sions from time to time, he accumulated five hundred acres and was regarded
as one of the substantial citizens of the community. Two years prior to his
death he settled up all business affairs, and was thus ready when the final
summons came, in September, 1888, at which time he had attained the age
of sixty-five years. His widow survived him three years. She was born
May 13, 1826, in Wayne county, and their marriage was celebrated January
I, 1846. They had fifteen children, twelve of whom grew to mature years,
while eleven are still living: John C. , who is proprietor of a hotel in Cen-
terville; Ellen, wife of William Sharon; William A., a farmer of Webster
township, Wayne county; Charles O., also an agriculturist of Webster town-
ship; James E. ; Julia, who was the wife of Fred Showalter and died at the
age of thirty-nine; Thomas L., a farmer of Centerville; Elijah G., who fol-
lows farming in New Garden township, Wayne county; Mary A., widow of
Charles Cheesman, and a resident of Webster township; Osa N., who is living
on the old homestead in Webster; Arthur T. , of Farmland, Indiana; and
Luther Z., who is living on the old homestead.

On the maternal side also Dr. King is a representative of one of the pio-
neer families of Wayne county. His grandparents, Caleb and Olive (Leon-
ard) Jackson, came to this locality in 18 18. The former was born in Gray-
son county, Virginia, December 20, 1793, and soon after attaining his major-

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ity married Miss Leonard, who was born in North Carolina. On arriving in
Wayne county he erected a rude log cabin in the woods, and with his wife
and three children commenced the life of a pioneer. There he cleared and
developed a farm upon which he made his home until his death, November
30, 1854. Mrs. King was the sixth in his family of seven children.

Dr. James E. King spent the days of his childhood and youth on the
old family homestead, amid green fields and meadows, bearing his share in
the work of the farm. Having acquired his preliminary education in the
common schools, he attended the high school in Centerville, pursued a two-
years course in the normal school at Danville, Indiana, and then entered the
Ohio Medical College, where he studied for three years and was graduated
with the class of 1884. He began practice in Richmond in partnership with
Dr. Taylor, with whom he remained two years. In 1892 he came to Cen-
terville, and has since been a member of the medical fraternity of this place.
He has secured a liberal patronage and his comprehensive understanding of
medical principles and his ability in applying them to the needs of suffering
humanity have won him the recognition of the profession and gained him a
leading place in its ranks. He has served as county physician for six years
and is filling the office at the present time. He belongs to the American
Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical Association and the Wayne
County Medical Association, and in 1894 attended the meeting of the first
named, in San Francisco.

In his political affiliations the Doctor is a Republican, and he keeps
well informed on the issues of the day, but has never aspired to office outside
the lines of his professional duties. His name is on the membership roll of
Centerville Lodge, No. 154, Knights of Pythias, and he is regarded as one
of the valued representatives of the order, in the work of which he takes an
active interest. He resides on the old King homestead, near Centerville,
where he has eighty acres of land that was once owned by his grandfather,
who, seventy years ago, erected the residence, which has, however, been
greatly remodeled and improved by the Doctor. In all the relations of life
Dr. King commands the respect and confidence of his fellow men and his
friends are almost as strong numerically as his acquaintances.

On the 2d of June, 1885, was celebrated his marriage to Miss Lulu Bee-
son, a daughter of Monford Beeson, and their union has been blessed with
four children: Ethel, Florence B., Vivian and James Xenophon. Mrs. King
is the owner of the old Beeson homestead, which was located by her grand-
father, Othniel Beeson. He was born in North Carolina in 18 13, a son of
Benjamin Beeson, who came to the territory of Indiana in 1814. He was
reared on a farm and throughout his life successfully carried on agricultural
pursuits. He took an active part in politics, supporting the Democratic

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party until 1S54, when, differing with it on the slavery question, he joined
the ranks of the new Republican party, with which he affiliated until his
death. Many official honors were conferred upon him, and his duties were ever
faithfully discharged. In 1850 he was elected a member of the state consti-
tutional convention, in 1858 was elected to thestate senate, and was re-elected
in 1 862. The following year he was appointed by Governor Morton to investi-
gate the condition of refugees sent north by the order of General Sherman,
and also to enroll the militia of Wayne county. In 1870 he was elected
once more to the state senate, and served as chairman of a number of impor-
tant committees. He had an extensive acquaintance among the leading and
influential men of the state, and his strong mentality, invincible courage and
lofty patriotism left their impress upon the legislation and public policy of
Indiana. He died October 10, 1897, and thus passed away one of the lead-
ing actors on the stage of Indiana politics.

Monford Beeson, father of Mrs. King, was born in Wayne county, Jan-
uary 9, 1835, and in early life became familiar with all the duties and labors
that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He also made farming his life work,
and in connection carried on stock dealing. His home adjoined the old
family farmstead, and in both branches of his business he met with fair suc-
cess. He, too, took a very active part in political affairs, warmly advocated
the principles advanced by the Republican party, and on that ticket was
elected to represent Wayne county in the state legislature. He was married
October 15, 1856, to Miss Eliza Harvey, who was born January 12, 1836.
Their children are F. R. Beeson and Mrs. King. The father died May 16,
1883, and the mother passed away on the 12th of July of the same year.
They were most highly esteemed by all who knew them, and their well spent
lives gained them many friends.

LORENZO D. SPRINGER.

The subject of this sketch, Lorenzo D. Springer, township trustee of
Fairview township, Fayette county, Indiana, is a well known citizen of this
place and a representative of one of the pioneer families of the county.
His post-office address is Longwood.

Mr. Springer was born in the township in which he now lives, March 9,
1852, son of Lorenzo D. and Rachel A. (Moffitt) Springer. Both his father
and mother were born in Pennsylvania and reared in Indiana. At an early
day grandfather Springer came from Pennsylvania with his family and located
in Franklin county, where he died. His children were John, Nathaniel, Har-
ban. Jesse, Dennis, Lorenzo D. and Martha. Lorenzo D. passed his boyhood
days in Franklin and Rush counties, in the latter county was married, and
came shortly after his marriage to Fairview township, Fayette county, where

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he settled on a farm and reared his family. He died here November 8,
1852. He took an active interest in politics, giving his support to the
Republican part}' at the time it was organized, and filling acceptably a num-
ber of local offices, such as justice of the peace, constable, etc. He was a
man of deep piety and was a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. His wife, whose maiden name was Rachael A. Moffitt, was a daugh-
ter of Thomas Moffitt, a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, who
settled in Fairview township, Fayette county, Indiana, at an early day,
when this part of the country was almost an unbroken forest. Here he
improved two farms. He was among the leading pioneers of the county,
led an active and useful life, from time to time filling local offices of promi-
nence and trust, such as county commissioner, postmaster of Longwood for
a number of years, etc., and here he spent the greater part of his life and
here died, his death occurring August 9, 1872. In referring to his connec-
tion with the postoffice at Longwood, it should be further stated that he
was one of the men who helped to secure the location of a postoffice at this
point. Religiously he was a zealous Methodist, fillfed all the offices of the
church and was a worker also in the Sunday-school. His children were
Rachael A., mother of the subject of this review; Robert; John; Jane, wife
of G. Kinder; Thomas; Sally A., wife of G. Hamilton; and William. Fol-
lowing is the record of the children of Lorenzo D. and Rachael A. Springer;
Orlando G. is a harness-maker at Franklin, Ohio; Thomas L. , died in youth;
Margaret S. is the wife of Washington Hanna, of Union county, Indiana;
Viola E. is the wife of J. P. Holmes, of Connersville, Indiana; Amanda E.,
is the wife of T. M. Brown, of Connersville, Indiana; and Lorenzo D. Springer
is the subject of this sketch.

Lorenzo D. Springer may well be termed a self-made man. When he
was less than a year old his father died and he was reared by his widowed
mother and early had to depend upon his own resources. He grew up on a
farm and has followed agricultural pursuits all his life. At the time of his mar-
riage, in 1877, he left his mother's home and went to Rush county, Indiana,
where he rented a farm and lived four years, at the end of that time return-
ing to Fayette county and renting land in Fairview township, which he cul-
tivated two years. Then he bought a small farm. By industry and good
management he has prospered and has been enabled to add to his original
purchase until he now has in this township a fine farm, well improved, and
lands in Harrison and Connersville townships, besides being the possessor of
a comfortable bank account. At present, however, he resides at his mother-
in-law's homestead, caring for her in her old age and having charge of her
..farming operations.

Mr. Springer has been a Republican from his boyhood, and since he

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became a voter has been enthusiastic for the success of his party, attending^
conventions, etc., and for years has been a member of the county central
committee. He has filled a number of minor local offices, and at this writing
is township trustee. In short, he is regarded as one of the Republican
leaders in Fairview township.

Following the example of a good Christian mother and a long line of
Methodist ancestry, Mr. Springer is an active church worker, being identified
with Wiley chapel of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has filled most
of the official positions in the church, including that of class-leader, and is
superintendent of the Sunday-school.

The date of Mr. Springer's marriage has already been stated. Mrs.
Springer, formerly Miss L. Josie Smiley, was born on the farm on which they
now live, January 30, 1854, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Smi-
ley. Ross Smiley, the father of Thomas, was a Pennsylvanian, who came
to Indiana at an early day and settled at Dunlapsville, in Union county,
where he was for some years extensively engaged in merchandising. Later
he moved to Fairview township, Fayette county, where he opened a country
store and did a large business. He invested in large tracts of land and
became one of the wealthy and influential men of the county. Twice he was
elected and served as a member of the Indiana state legislature, and also
served as postmaster and filled other local offices. He died on his farm, in
this township, in 1878, respected and esteemed by a large circle of friends
and acquaintances. Thomas Smiley, his son, grew to manhood on his father's
farm in this township, and on the old home place lived and died, throughout
his life being engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a Democrat. For a
number of years he filled local offices, such as justice of the peace, etc..
Religiously he was a Methodist, working in both church and Sunday-school,
for years serving as superintendent of the latter. His wife, whose maiden-
name was Smith, was a daughter of Ebenezer Smith, a native of South Car-
olina, who came at an early day to Indiana and improved a farm in Rush
county. He was for years largely interested in the stock business, making a
specialty of mules, buying and marketing in droves. He was a Democrat and
a Methodist. He was the father of a large family of children, two of whom
died in infancy, the others being as follows: Elizabeth, mother of Mrs.
Springer; Jane, wife of Jonathan Noble; Benjamin, an attorney of Rushville,
Indiana; William, a physician, located at Rushville, Indiana; George, a
farmer; John, a farmer; Alford, a physician in Union county, Indiana; Oli-
ver, a contractor; Martha, wife of O. Florar; Calvin, a farmer; and Frank, a
physician of Arlington, Indiana. The children composing the family of
Thomas and Elizabeth Smiley were Mary, wife of M. Gordon; John, a farmer
of Rush county, Indiana; L. Josie, wife of Lorenzo D. Springer; Albert, a

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contractor in Rushville, Indiana; Haddin, a commercial traveler; and
Thomas, employed on the Sentinel, at Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Springer
have had three children, namely: Edith and Rayrnond, both at home, and
Edna M., who died at the age of five months. The two surviving children,
Edith and Raymond, have both graduated from the common schools of their
township. Later they entered the high school, completing the course and
graduating with honors in 1896 and 1898, respectively. At present the son,
Raymond, is attending business college at Richmond, Indiana; while Edith,
the daughter, remains at home with her parents, receiving instructions in
music.

OSCAR E. FULGHUM.

The business college is an institution of our modern civilization and of com-
paratively recent introduction. Even in the first half of the century the
schools and colleges furnished, in addition to the elementary training,
instruction in the languages and classics, fitting one perhaps for the profes-
sions, but furnishing no practical training for the hundreds who are concerned
with the agricultural and commercial interests of our land. The need for
well trained men in the business world, however, has given rise to the busi-
ness college, and the course of instruction therein is becoming of more and
more practical value, enabling the student in a short time to prepare for the
manifold questions with which he must deal in all trade transactions. Hold-
ing prestige as one of the oldest and most reliable business colleges in
Indiana is the Richmond Business College, of which Professor O. E. Fulghum
is president. He is a most capable educator, of broad general as well as
specific knowledge, and his realization of the needs of young men and women
entering upon business life has enabled him to provide a course of instruction
that well fits them for the practical and responsible duties upon which they
must enter. The college is at once a credit to the city and its founder, and
Professor Fulghum well merits the high reputation which he sustains in
business circles.

He was born near Arba, Randolph county, Indiana, October 23, 1862,
and is a representative of one of the pioneer families of the state. His
parents are F. C. and Rebecca E. (Elliott) P^ulghum, and his ancestry can be
traced back to Michael Fulghum, his great-grandfather, a native of Wayne
county. North Carolina, who was a planter and owned several hundred acres
of land. He wedded Molly Bonn, a lady of French Huguenot lineage.
Their ancestors, according to tradition, left France at the time of the expul-
sion of the Huguenots from that land. They first took refuge in England,
thence came to America, locating in North Carolina, and younger generations-
have removed to the west, so that representatives of the family are now found
in various states. Michael Fulghum died in 1804, at the age of sixty-five

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3'ears, and his wife's death occurred about the same time. Thus Frederick
Fulghum, grandfather of our subject, was left an orphan when a child of five
years. He was born in Wayne county, North Carolina, in 1799, and in 1821
came to the west, locating in the southeastern portion bi Randolph county.
Indiana, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a carpenter and
wagon-maker by trade, and throughout the greater part of his life also
carried on agricultural pursuits. In politics he was originally a Whig and
later a Republican. A very prominent member of the Society of Friends, he
served as elder and did much to advance the cause of Christianity. He
married Piety Parker, a lady of English descent, and a daughter of Jesse
Parker, who spent the greater part of his life in Guilford county. North Caro-
lina, where he engaged in merchandising. About 1830, however, he came
to Indiana and spent his last days in the house of Frederick Fulghum. To
them were born nine children, three of whom are living, namely: Jesse P., of
Richmond; Mrs. Martha Test, also of Richmond; and F. C. The father of
this family died in Randolph county, in the spring of 1879.

F. C. Fulghum, father of Professor O. E. Fulghum, and one of the most
prominent and distinguished citizens of Richmond, was born in Randolph
county, near Arba, December 25, 1840, and acquired his early education in
the common schools of that neighborhood. Later he attended the Friends'
Boarding School, now Earlham College, and at the age of nineteen returned
to the farmstead, remaining with his father until the latter's death. After
carrying on agricultural pursuits alone for several years he extended the field
of his operations by engaging in the lumber business. He was thus employed
for fourteen years, having one of the leading sawmills in this section of the
state and manufacturing lumber on an extensive scale. In 1882, however,
he sold out and came to Richmond, purchasing a half interest in the Rich-
mond Business College, with which he has since been connected. He also
represented a number of fire and life insurance companies until 1887, but
since that time has devoted his entire attention to the school. He is now
secretary of the college, which was established in i860 and is one of the
twelve oldest institutions of the kind in the country.

F. C. Fulghum is a leading member of the Society of Friends, is clerk
of the quarterly meeting and does considerable missionary work in the inter-
ests of the church. He was married January i, 1862, to Miss Rebecca E.
Elliott, and to them were born six children, but only two are living: Walter
B. , a graduate of the high school of Richmond and a teacher in the commer-
cial department of Richmond Business College; and Oscar E. , whose name
introduces this review.

Born upon the old family homestead in Randolph county, Indiana, Pro-
fessor O. E. Fulghum spent his childhood days under the parental roof, and

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in the common schools began his education. He has always been of a stu-
dious nature, and is exceptionally well informed. He has now a diplonia
from the Richmond Business College, granted him in 1882, and from the
Gem City Business College of Quincy, Illinois, where he won the master of
accounts degree in 1887. Prior to that time he engaged in teaching a com-
mercial school for three years in Connersville. He taught telegraphy in
Richmond Business College for two years pridr to his work in Connersville.
After his graduation in Quincy he returned to Richmond and purchased a half
interest in the Richmond Business College. In 1898 a stock company was
organized and the school was incorporated, the incorporators being Timothy
Nicholson, Joseph C. Ratliff, Rev. J. W. Kapp, D. D., Walter B. Fulghum,
O. E. Fulghum and F. C. Fulghum. These gentlemen constitute the board
of directors and O. E. Fulghum is president and treasurer, while F. C. Ful-
ghum is secretary. An excellent faculty has charge of the various branches
taught in the institution, and there is an annual enrollment of between two
and three hundred students. In 1893 they introduced the Ellis system of
commercial instruction, being one of the first schools east of the Mississippi
river to adopt this system. It has proved very satisfactory, producing maxi-
mum results with minimum efforts, — an effect for which all schools are striv-
ing. The work done in the Richmond Business College is most commend-
able, showing that the members of the faculty are thoroughly competent and
that the president, with a comprehensive knowledge of the needs in this
direction, has secured plans and methods which ably fit men and women for
the business world.

FRANKLIN Y. THOMAS.

More than four-score years have been added to the ages of the past since
the Thomas family was founded in Fayette county, and no better citizens
than they have been numbered among the inhabitants of this portion of
Indiana. Early in the history of this government, members of the family
came from England to cast in their destinies with the country which one day
was to be recognized as a great and leading nation among the powers, and of
this, the land of their adoption, they have since been most loyal sons. Some
bearing the name settled in New England and fought in the Revolution, and
in every profession and walk in life representatives of the family have won
distinction and high honors.

The immediate ancestor of the subject of this article was Recompense
Thomas, whose son. Minor, born in New York state, was the paternal grand-
father of Franklin Y. Thomas, who is familiarly known as "Doc." When
he arrived at man's estate Minor Thomas became locally famous for the long
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the purpose of preaching the gospel to the scattered inhabitants of tiie sec-
tion of the Empire state in which he dwelt. In 1818 he came to Indiana
and entering land in Harrison township, Fayette county, improved a 'arm'
and passed the remainder of his days there. He was affiliated with tiie Pr m-
itive Baptist church, and did pioneer work in its establishment thmughout
eastern Indiana, his main object in life being the elevation of his brother men.
The wife of his youth died at an early age, leaving him with one son, David,
who has passed away. To his second union five children were born, namely:
Ellen, William. Hewett, Rachel (Mrs. M. Meeker) and Samantha (Mrs. L.
Ellis, deceased). Angeline, wife of John Bates, was the only child of the
third marriage, and she is now living in Indianapolis.

William, father of F. Y. Thomas, was born in the state of New York,
and at the time that his father emigrated to this state, he, a youth of seven-
teen, accompanied him. In spite of the meager educational advantages of
his day and section of the country, he became exceedingly well informed,
and for years was a successful teacher, besides being an expert bookkeeper.
He learned the painter's trade and from his boyhood had been well versed in
agriculture, so he was qualified to earn a living in several distinct branches of
endeavor. After his marriage he bought and located upon a farm, but for
many years his energy was given to other pursuits than farming. A fine nat-
ural mathematician, he mastered surveying and civil engineering, and made
one of the first authoritative surveys of Fayette county. For a number of
years he was the chief clerk and the virtual manager of a store at Harrisburg,
his employer being well content to leave everything to him, as he had abun-
dant confidence in his ability and strict honesty. As might be expected of a
man with such a bright mind and versatile talent, he was well posted upon
all of the great political questions of his day. Elected on the Whig ticket to
the constitutional convention of 1850, he played his part well in that session.
When a lad of ten years he was converted, and from that time until his death
he was a consistent member of the Baptist church.

He wedded Polly Trowbridge, who, like himself, was a native of Seneca
county. New York, and who had come to this state in the same little colony
as had the Thomas family. Her father, Levi Trowbridge, entered land and
improved a farm in Fayette county, but when well along in years he sold
this place and went to Illinois, where he lived with a son until death. Per-
haps the most prominent of his sons was Silas, who was a leading physician
of Decatur, Illinois, and served as a surgeon in the brigade commanded by
General Logan, during the war of the Rebellion, Under the administration
of President Grant he was honored by being made United States consul at
Vera Cruz, Mexico, in which important position he served for twelve years.
Subsequently he made his home in California, where he died about six years

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ago. The elder children were Polly; John, who died in Illinois; Sally, wife
of Lester Ellis; and Edwin, who is deceased.

The youngest of four children. Franklin Y. Thomas was born in this
•county, November lo, 1837. Hisotih sister, Nancy, is the wife of James Col-
well, while his elder brother, Hubbard, is a merchant at Harrisburg, and
Buel, the younger, is carrying on the old homestead. At the time of his
marriage our subject removed to his present farm, upon which a little clear-
ing had been done and a log cabin built. Substantial changes for the better
have been instituted by him, a good house and barns have replaced the old
ones, and everything about the place shows the care of a thrifty and practical
farmer. He raises a large variety of crops and has been very successful in
the raising of live stock, for which dealers are always ready to pay him the
best market prices.

Fraternally Mr. Thomas is a Mason of the Royal Arch degree. He has
•never sought nor desired political notoriety, but has manifested an earnest
interest in local and general affairs, as a true patriot should. At present
he is serving for the fourth term in the capacity of county commissioner, and
has so thoroughly satisfied the public by his manner of handling their inter-
•ests that they seem determined to keep him in office, regardless of his pro-
tests. His allegiance is given to the Republican party, in whose platform
he believes most thoroughly. During his term of office the court-house has
been remodeled, several bridges built and numerous improvements inaugu-
rated for the good of the public.

The marriage of Mr. Thomas and Miss Barbara Beeson took place in
1861. Their only child. Flora, born November i, 1865, is now the wife of
•Charles D. Florea, an enterprising farmer. Mrs. Thomas is one of the four
children of Othneil and Elizabeth (Whissler) Beeson, the others being Mun-
ford, who was a farmer and at one time represented this county in the state
legislature, but who has passed to his reward; and her sisters, Helena and
Melvina, are living, neither being unmarried. Othneil Beeson was a son of
Benjamin, grandson of Benjamin, senior, and great-grandson of Isaac Bee-
son, all of North Carolina. The last mentioned was of the fifth generation
■of the family in America, his ancestor being Edward Beeson, who came
to this country from Lancashire, England, in 1682, accompanying some col-
'Onists who joined William Penn in Pennsylvania. At the expiration of a few
years Mr. Beeson went with a colony of Quakers to found a new settlement
in Virginia, whence he later removed to Delaware and bought land situated
on the Prandywine, a portion of which property is now included within the cor-
poration of Wilmington. Isaac, one of his descendants, founded the family
in North Carolina, and in 18 12 another Isaac Beeson came to Indiana, set-
ithng near Richmond, and his example was followed by his brother Benja-

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min, who came out and selected a tract of land, and, having entered it in
Cincinnati on his return to his former home, was prepared to occupy it when
he arrived here with his family and household goods, in the following year.
In 1818 Thomas, another brother, also came to Indiana and settled upon
the farm now owned by his son, Elwood. Benjamin Beeson was a wagon-
maker and blacksmith by trade, and found much employment in these lines,
besides clearing and cultivating his new land. He was extremely hospitable,
and assisted many a settler to locate and start a home here in the wilderness.
He was successful, and accumulated a large estate, giving each of his chil-
dren a substantial start upon an independent career. His son Othneil was
born in North Carolina, but his boyhood was passed in the wilds of this
county. The business talents and progressive characteristics of his father
were equally marked in him, and he became a leader of thought and opinion
in his community. In 1854 he had the courage to leave the party with
which his forefathers had been connected, and on account of his thorough
dislike of the business of human slavery and the opposition he felt toward
the measures of making more slave states, he took sides with the Republican
party as soon as it was organized. Prior to this, however, he had served
efficiently as a member of the constitutional convention of 1850. His zeal
for his party and his value in the councils of state led to his being chosen to
represent the people, and for four terms he was a member of the Indiana
state senate. Generous and kind to the poor and afflicted, he was justly
loved by all who knew of his multitudinous acts of sympathetic helpfulness.
Death spared him until he had attained the ripe age of eighty-four years,
his noble heart being stilled on the lOth of October, 1897. His venerable
wife is still living at the old homestead, where she has dwelt for so many
years. She is of German descent, and was born in Pennsylvania eighty- four
years ago.

THOMAS J. FORD, M. D.

A skilled physician and surgeon of Connersville, Indiana, is Dr. Thomas
J. Ford, whose knowledge of the science of medicine is broad and compre-
hensive, and whose ability in applying its principles to the needs of suffering
humanity has gained him an enviable prestige in professional circles. For
the past ten years he has successfully engaged in practice in Connersville,
making a specialty of the diseases of women and children, and his ofBce is
now located at the corner of Central avenue and Tenth street.

The Doctor was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, May 30, 1847, a son
of James Ekin and Hannah J. (Beaver) Ford, the former of Irish and the
latter of English descent. The paternal grandfather, George W. Ford, came
to this country from county Derry, in the north of Ireland, in 1820, and
settled in Coshocton county, Ohio, where he died in 1873, at the extreme

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old age of ninety-eight years. .He was a successful farmer and a lifelong
member of the United Presbyterian church, taking an active and prominent
part in its work and serving as elder for many years. In his family were
four children — one son and three daughters. James E. Ford, the Doctor's
father, spent his entire life in Coshocton county, Ohio. He was a well edu-
cated man, and throughout his active business life followed teaching and
carpentering. He died in 1848, at the age of forty-three years, and his wife,
who long survived him, passed away in 1895, ^t the age of seventy. To
them were born four children, two sons and two daughters, of whom George
W. Ford was the eldest. He enlisted in the Eightieth Ohio during the war
of the Rebellion and died in the service.

Dr. Ford, the youngest of the family, attended the public schools near
his boyhood home and took up the study of medicine with his uncle. Dr. Bea-
ver, of Vincennes, Indiana. Later he entered the Medical University at Lou-
isville, Kentucky, where he pursued a three-years course and was graduated
in the spring of 1874. After a few months spent in practice at Vincennes,
he opened an office in Russellville, Lawrence county, Illinois, where he
remained ten years, and the following four years were spent at Laurel, Frank-
lin county, Indiana, after which he came to Connersville, in 1889. Here he
has succeeded in building up a good general practice as well as along his
special line. He is also examining physician for two prominent life-insurance
companies. — the National Union and the /Etna. He was pension examiner
for four years during President Cleveland's last administration, and is a mem-
ber of the county and state medical associations. He was also physician to
the poor farm for a time, and in all his practice he has met with most excellent
success.

In September, 1875. was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Ford and Miss
Harriet A., daughter of Judge John Baker, of Vincennes, and to them have
been born four children, namely: Ethel, who died at the age of nineteen
years; Madge and Iby H., at home; and Ekin, who died at the age of four
years. Religiously the Doctor is an earnest member of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, and fraternally belongs to the National Union and Otonkah
Tribe, No. 94, I. O. R. M., being examining physician of the last named
order.

CALEB B. JACKSON.

Captain Caleb Bennett Jackson is prominently known as a man inter-
ested in the welfare of the community, but perhaps, as proprietor of Wood-
side Stock Farm, he enjoys a wider and more enviable reputation than any
man of private life in the state. His fine stock needs no description, and the
knowledge that an animal was bred on his farm is a sufficient guarantee of its

superior quality. He was born in Center township, Wayne countv, Indiana,
39

610 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

April i6, 1830, on the site of the house now occupied by him. His parents
were Caleb B. and Olive (Leonard) Jackson, the mother from North Caro-
lina and the father from Grayson county, Virginia. The Jackson family
were originally from England. Three brothers of that name left their native
shores for America, but were shipwrecked and for many days without food.
So great was their suffering that in very desperation lots were cast to see
which of the sufferers should sacrifice his life for the others. The lot fell to
one of the three brothers. He was bled to death and his body furnished
nourishment for the others! When his body had been eaten and hunger
was again goading them to desperation, lots were once more drawn and the
lot this time fell to one of the remaining brothers. As he was about to be
killed, one of the sailors discovered land in the distance and his life was
saved! One of these brothers went farther south, while the second remained
in Virginia and founded a family from which our subject is descended. This
was Joseph Jackson, father of Joseph Jackson, the father of Caleb, Sr., and
grandfather of our subject, Caleb B. Jackson.

Caleb B. Jackson, the father, was born December 20, 1893. He was
married to Olive Leonard, who was born August 20, 1786. The maiden
name of her mother was Rebecca World. Three brothers — ^Caleb, Thomas
and Joshua — settled in Indiana. Joshua died here leaving two children, —
Joshua and Mark, — who reside in Chicago. Thomas settled in Tipton county,
where he died. They came to the state about 1820 and settled at Nolan's
Fork, and about five years later Caleb located on a hill, now called Jackson's
hill, two miles east from Centerville, and has made it his home since. He
owned five or six hundred acres of land, was a stock-trader, packer, etc.,
and was able to give his children a good start in life. The national pike
passed his house and he had the contract of cutting through the hill and grad-
ing a considerable distance. The road was begun under his direction but
the original contract was vetoed by President Andrew Jackson and the road
was not completed until some seventeen or eighteen years later, at which
time he was still a contractor. He was a stockholder in the Indiana Central
Railroad, and secured the right of way for several miles of the road. He
was awarded the contract for grading and laying the road for some five
miles over a heavy grade. He sub-let a part of this work and graded the
Test himself, working several hundred men and giving a close supervision over
5the entire distance. He completed the road to the laying of the track. His
work was so satisfactory to the company that they named one of their engines
in his honor, Caleb B. Jackson. He then became wood contractor and was
actively engaged in that work until his death. He bought wood for them all
along the line, and it was while thus engaged in the interest of the road that
he was taken with a stroke of apoplexy and died at Greenfield, November 30,

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1854. During all these years he had also carried on extensive farming oper-
ations and was one of the most successful farmers of that section. His wife
survived him four years, dying April 15, 1858. He was a Whig in politics,
and represented his district in the state legislature during the years 1836 and
1837. They had the following children: Miranda, born in 1812, married
Joseph Shank and moved to Tipton, this state, where she died in her seven-
tieth year; Joseph, deceased, was born in 1814, and lived in Center town-
ship; Melinda was born in r8i6, married James D. W. King and died at the
age of seventy; Sarah, born in 18 18, is the widow of John P. Harvey, and is
the mother of John C. Harvey, superintendent of the county farm; Caleb J.
Harvey, ex-county commissioner; William, who was born in 1820 and went
to Nebraska in the early days, dying there when about seventy years old;
Jemima was born in 1826, married William King and resides in this town-
ship, now past sixty years of age; and Caleb B., the youngest of the family,
born in 1830.

Captain Jackson began the management of his father's farm when he
was fifteen years old, his father being otherwise engaged, and continued it
until the latter's death. In the meantime he had purchased of his father the
home place, with three hundred and twenty acres of land, upon which he
has since resided. He became noted for the large quantities of fine stock he
put upon the market, keeping only the best to be had. For the past fifteen
years he has given a great deal of attention to raising fine registered Jerseys.
He keeps all of his young cattle registered and has frequent public sales,
from which he has realized as much as five thousand dollars. He also raises
Poland-China hogs and Shropshire sheep; and even his chickens are of
superior breed. He has often placed his stock in competition with others at
the various county and state fairs, and has never suffered by comparison.
Probably in no line is he better known than as a breeder of Norman, Clydes-
dale and Hackney horses, also of fast horses. He has raised and trained
some of the very finest speed horses that ever graced the turf, and has pro-
duced more of this class of animals than any other man in eastern Indiana.
He was the owner and trainer of Black Frank, who won thirteen out of four-
teen races in one season, and was more widely known, if possible, than his
owner, who is widely known as a track man. He has on hand some fine
young colts, that cost one hundred and fifty dollars, for breeding alone. His
motto has always been. The best is none too good; and his strict adherence
to this motto has been the means of sustaining the excellent reputation
he has established. He was never a better or gambler, but has spent large
sums of money to obtain first-class stock. It is a remarkable fact that he
has maintained a total abstinence from whisky, ale or beer, does not know
one card from another, and never bet on a horse race but once, and then

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only two dollars. He now owns three hundred and fifty acres of land, but
at one time owned eight hundred acres. The house occupied by him was
built by his father and since added to by the present owner.

Captain Jackson was a warm personal friend of Vice-President Morton,
who had been his attorney for years and had come to know his worth. In
1 86 1, when a recruiting officer was needed, and one that had a strong
personal influence as well as courage, to secure the much needed troops,
Caleb B. Jackson was made a lieutenant by Governor Morton to recruit in
various parts of the state. The governor had great confidence in his judg-
ment and ability and felt that his services were more valuable in this capacity,
than any one else whom he knew. So great was this confidence that Lieu-
tenant Jackson was promised anything in the gift of Governor Morton. He
spent time and money in the faithful performance of his duties, and in 1863
went into service as captain of Company F, One Hundred and Twenty- fourth
Indiana Regiment, a company he had recruited from Wayne county. He
received the commission of captain in Camp Wayne, joined Sherman at
Pulaski, Tennessee, and was with him through the Atlanta campaign. He
led his company through this memorable fight, and for over one hundred
days they were under fire, suffering terribly from the enemy's shots while fully
half his company died, either from disease, or wounds, or were killed outright.
While on this campaign he was made assistant inspector general, and while
attending to the duties of this office he was also obliged to be at the front
in charge of the pickets; and the constant strain from being at work night
and day soon told on his health and he was compelled to come home on a
furlough. He remained there until the close of the war, when he was
mustered out.

Captain Jackson was married June 19, 1851, to Miss Vashti Crum, who
was born January 19, 1831, at Milton, Wayne county. She is a daughter
of John and Sarah (Lane) Crum, and is a lady who possesses many excel-
lent qualities of mind and heart. Of the children born to this most worthy
couple, four have grown to adult years. They are Sarah Jane, who married
Samuel Brownsburg and lives in Anderson, Indiana; Thomas Edgar, a farmer
of Center township; Flavins J., a farmer in Madison county, this state; Alice J.,
who married Charles Eliason, of this township; and Thomas, who is the presi-
dent of the Centerville Creamery, organized by his father. He is also the
chairman of the Republican township central committee. Besides their own
family, this kindhearted couple have made homes for several other
children. One of these, Maggie Adams, has been with them since she was a
young girl, and was married at their house to A. W. Harris, of Centerville,
Indiana; Mattie Rosa also found a home with them from her childhood until
she married John Noll, of Anderson; Amanda Rigley makes her home with

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them, as she has for years; and Edward Crum has been cared for by them
since he was a young lad.

Captain Jackson is a Republican and has atteded most of the conventions
for years past, but has never been an aspirant for office. He has been a
member of a great many societies, but takes no active part in any of them
in recent years. He is a member of Frank Beitzel Post, G. A. R. , at
Centerville, and is highly esteemed wherever known.

O. H. BEESON.

One of the oldest and most honored families in the United States is that
to which the subject of this article belongs. Generations before it was
founded on the western continent it flourished in France, and later in Wales
and England. The immediate ancestor of the Wayne county Beesons was
Edward Beeson, who with his wife, Rachel (Remington) Beeson, left Lan-
cashire, England, about 1682, accompanying one of the Quaker colonies
started in Pennsylvania by the celebrated William Penn. They resided in
the vicinity of Nottingham, Chester county, for some time, subsequently
removing to Berkeley county, Virginia, where a settlement of Quakers
located. Some of the descendants afterward purchased a tract of land on
the Brandywine, and upon a portion of this property the ninth ward of the
city of Wilmington now stands. Edward Beeson and wife Rachel reared
four sons, — Edward, Richard, Isaac and William, — and the line is traced
downward to our subject from Richard by his son Edward, grandson Henry,
great-grandson Richard, great-great-grandson Henry, and Benjamin, Sr. , the
grandfather of O. H. Beeson.

In 18 14 Benjamin Beeson, Sr. , emigrated from North Carolina, where
several generations of his forefathers had dwelt, to the territory of Indiana.
His brothers, Thomas and Isaac, came here at about the same period, and
the numerous descendants of the three brothers have taken a verj' important
part in the development and promotion of prosperity in this section of the
state. Benjamin Beeson, Sr., entered land in Washington township, Wayne
county, and thenceforth was identified with the fortunes of this locality.
The farm which he improved is still in the possession of the family, it being
owned, by his son and namesake. He was master of the trade of wagon-
making and was an excellent blacksmith, following these occupations in
addition to tilling and improving his farm. To himself and wife, who was a
Miss Dorcas Starbuck, eleven children were born, the two eldest ones,
Bezaleel and Othniel, in North Carolina. The others were: Templeton; Mrs.
John Patterson; Mrs. James Harvey; Guelma, wife of William Dick; Cin-
derella, wife of William Harvey; Benjamin F. , Jr.; Amanda M., wife of
Thomas Emerson; Marquis D., and Charles. With the exception of the

614 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

last mentioned, who died when young, all of the family grew to maturity,
married and had children. After coming to this state the family was not
associated with the Society of Friends.

Benjamin F. Beeson, Jr., was born in this township about 1825, and is
yet living at the old homestead, which he assisted in clearing and improving
when a boy. He early learned what it was to endure the hardships and
privations of pioneer life, and acquired strength of mind and body in his
struggles with wild nature. For a companion along life's journey he chose
Catherine, 30ungest daughter of John Howard, a pioneer settler of this
region. Two of her sisters married into the Waymire family, a third was
Mrs. ]\fargaret Pursnett, and a fourth Mrs. Cynthia Lowery. One brother,
John, is a farmer of Hamilton county, this state, and Neill, the youngest,
married a Miss Kimmel. Nine children came to bless the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Beeson, namely: William, who died at the age of twenty-one years; O.
H., of this sketch; Joseph, who died when seventeen years old; Mrs. Eliza-'
beth E. Williams; Elmer, of Cambridge City; Sanford, who died when in
his thirteenth year; Mrs. May Coyne, whose husband is a well-to-do farmer
of this township; Minnie, wife of F. Flora, of Fayette county; and Ira, who
died when young. The devoted mother was summoned to the silent land in
June, 1874.

The birth of O. H. Beeson occurred in this township, June 12, 1853.
He received much better educational advantages than had been enjoyed by
his father, and for a period was privileged to attend the academy at Spice-
land. After his marriage in 1875 he located upon a small tract of land which
his father gave him, and from time to time bought additional property until
he now owns four hundred and seventy acres. He has prospered in his
transactions, and has made somewhat of a specialty of raising and handling
live stock. In 1893 he branched out in another direction, in a business way,
as he bought a substantial brick block in Milton, and in this building, which
is centrally located upon the corner of two of the leading streets in the town,
he kept a meat market for four years, also running one at Cambridge City.
His own farm furnished him with beef and pork for his markets, and he was
quite successful in this enterprise. In 1896 he commenced raising short-
horn cattle on his farm, and now is the possessor of as fine a herd as can be
found in the county.

About six years ago Mr. Beeson bought his present handsome residence,
situated upon twenty-seven acres of land adjoining Milton. The lady who
presides over his home was formerly Miss Sarah I. Williams, who was born
in this township, September 28, 1855, and became his wife at the age of
twenty years. Her parents, James and Emily (Wallace) Williams, were rep-
resentatives of pioneer Indiana families. The father was a son of Joseph and

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Charity (Adams) Williams, natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respect-
ively. They accompanied their respective families to this state, and, living
in the vicinity of Brookville, formed the acquaintanceship which led to their
marriage. Joseph Williams' father, a strong adherent of the Quaker faith,
was one of the earliest settlers in the neighborhood of Brookville, and there
made his home until his death. Joseph Williams removed to Center county,
this state, where he entered land and cleared it, dwelling there until his chil-
dren were grown, when he sold the homestead to one of his sons and settled
in Fairview, where his death occurred. He was a minister in the Methodist
church and was loved and revered by a lai^ge circle of acquaintances. Wes-
ley, his eldest child, resides in Hancock county, this state; William, who was
a Methodist minister, died unmarried; Deborah first became the wife of a
Mr. Pettigrew and later wedded a Mr. Hardin; Mary is Mrs. John Howard;
Thomas died in this township; James was the next in order of birth; and
Joseph and Mrs. Rachel Hart were the youngest of the family.

James Williams, who was a successful and respected agriculturist of this
township, bought his father's old farm and cultivated the place until he
retired from active labor in 1855. Subsequent to that date he was a citizen
of Milton until he was called to his reward. May 27, i8go. He was a life-
long member of the Methodist church, and in his political faith was a Dem-
ocrat. His widow, who was born June 15, 1831, and to whom he was
married August 29, 1850, is still making her home in Milton. Their oldest
child, Mrs. Amanda Colwell, born June 16, 1851, died June 27, 1878; Wil-
lard, the only son, is a prosperous farmer of this township; and Mrs. Sarah
I. Beeson is the youngest. John Wallace, the father of Mrs. W^illiams, was
a descendant of William Wallace, who emigrated from Scotland or Ireland
to the colony of Virginia about 1730, settling in Albemarle county, where he
reared his five children, all of whom were born there, namely: John A.,
WilHam, Michael, Josiah and Mrs. Hannah Woods. John A., born in 1732,
saw four of his children reach mature years, namely: John, Samuel, Laura
and Alice. The son, John Wallace, emigrated to Kentucky when that state
was on the frontier, and about a year later, in 1800, crossed the Ohio river
and made a settlement in Monroe county, Ohio. In 181 1 he entered land
in Wayne county, Indiana, and the following year brought his family here.-
His home being but two miles from the boundary line of the Indian reservation
he deemed it expedient to send his little daughter, Betsey, to the older and
safer settlement on the east fork of the Whitewater, where she was placed in
charge of the Hunt family. The wife and mother had died in Kentucky,
and the older girls, Hannah, Rosanna, Polly and Patsy, were married. The
two sons were John and Thomas, and they shared the vicissitudes of pioneer
life with their father, whose long and useful life came to an end in 1820.

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He was a veteran of the Revolutionar}' war, an ardent patriot, and possessed
of that fortitude which was the essential element in the frontiersman. His
son, John Wallace, married and reared eleven children, of whom Oliver and
Cyrus are still residents of this township and active members of the Chris-
tian church; Stephen, James, John. Richard and Allen R. are deceased;
William and Preston are living in Wabash, Indiana; and Mrs. Sarah Wright
is deceased.

The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Beeson has been blessed with three inter-
esting children. Alice, born September 7, 1881, was graduated in the high
school at Milton at the age of sixteen years and is a musician of no small
ability; Ralph W. , the only son, was born October 29, 1886; and Lora L.
was born October 28, 1895.

His father and relatives have been active in the Democratic party, and
Mr. Beeson is no exception to the rule. He has never sought nor desired
public office, but has loyally endeavored to advance the best interests of the
people in general. He and his wife are not identified with any denomina-
tion, but their lives have been patterned after the highest ideals, and they
have continually sought to help and benefit their fellow-men.

UNION COUNTY SCHOOLS

AND

PROFESSOR CLARENCE W. OSBORNE.

Professor Clarence W. Osborne, county superintendent of the Union
county schools, was born in Union county, Indiana, near the town of Col-
lege Corner. Ohio, June 5, 1853, a son of William W. and Huldah (Tucker)
Osborne. His father was born in England and was the son of a prominent
English silk manufacturer who with his family emigrated to Toronto, Can-
ada, where he engaged extensively in the real -estate business. William W.
Osborne was then but a youth. He completed an excellent education and
mastered the carpenter's trade under the rigid Canadian law governing the
same. While yet a j'oung man he left Toronto and took up his residence in
College Corner, Ohio, where he married Huldah Tucker. He located near
the town, in Indiana, and taught school for some years in Ohio and Indiana,
gaining a high reputation as an educator. In the vacation he contracted or
did extra work in the line of his trade. Subsequently he purchased a farm in
Union county, Indiana, and devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. He
died in 1866. His widow survived him twenty-nine years and devoted her-
self to the interests of her children, giving careful attention to their educa-
tion. They had two sons and four daughters, but the younger son died in
childhood. The four sisters, however, survive, and all became successful
teachers.

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At the age of eighteen years Clarence W. Osborne entered Miami Uni-
versity, at Oxford, Ohio, and took two years of the course. He then spent
the succeeding two years as a student in the National Normal University, at
Lebanon, Ohio, meantime operating his mother's farm. He graduated at
the commercial course, but would have had to continue his studies for at
least another term of eleven weeks in order to complete the classical course,
and a ripening harvest demanded his attention on the farm. Subsequently
he began teaching, and after four years' service in the district schools was for
one year principal of the West College Corner school. He was then elected
county superintendent of the public schools of Union county, in i88r, and
has been re-elected at every election since, and has held the office continu-
ously for more than eighteen years. No other county superintendent in this
state has served for so long a time. He has attended as a member thirty-six
County Superintendents' State Associations and eighteen State Teachers'
Associations. He has conducted nineteen county institutes and all have, by
general consent, been conceded to be of the highest character. He has held
two hundred and eighteen teachers' examinations, and attended about one
hundred and fifteen township and corporation commencements. Since com-
ing into office Mr. Osborne matriculated in the National University, at Chi-
cago, and fulfilled its conditions by correspondence, receiving in due succes-
sion the degrees of A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. He has made a model official,
and, keenly alive to the educational interests of the county, has been instru-
mental in advancing the cause of public education along all lines. He is the
soul of genialit}' and is greatly esteemed by the teachers, pupils and the gen-
eral public, and is one of the most practical, efficient and best known educa-
tors in this part of the state. Within his term of office the County Superin-
tendents' State Association has honored him with the secretaryship and the
presidency of the association and with positions on several important com-
mittees. The Professor is a member and has passed all the chairs of Talla-
wanda Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of College Corner.

The following statistics relative to the educational situation in Union
county were supplied by Professor Osborne: Teachers employed, sixty;
enumeration, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six; enrollment, one
thousand four hundred and nine; average attendance, one thousand and sixty-
three; average length of term in days, one hundred and sixty; membership of
Young People's Reading Circle, one thousand one hundred and forty-seven;
membership of Teachers' Reading Circle, sixty; average wages per day, two
•dollars and thirty-seven cents. Every township of the county now gives
from two to four years of high-school advantages to the pupils, but where
more than two years are given it is done by the township trustee paying the
per capita expense or the tuition at the College Corner or Liberty high school.

618 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

In 1897-8 five hundred and ninety-eight Young People's Reading Circle
diplomas were given, showing that that number of pupils had completed the
four-years course of reading. As county manager of the State Reading Cir-
cles, Professor Osborne has been very energetic and skillful.

It should be stated that the county exhibit of school work took an award
at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and received the proper
medal, and the county superintendent and two township principals (J. F.
Hermeir, of Harrison township, and E. P. Wilson, principal of the West
College Corner school and also township principal of Union township)
received diplomas of honorable mention, authorized by congress for those
who rendered valuable assistance on exhibits which secured awards. In
1898-9 twenty-four out of the sixty teachers of the county had received nor-
mal training, nine had college or university training, and of the remainder
all had high school training. During Professor Osborne's incumbency as
superintendent there have been twenty-two modern school buildings erected
in the county — nineteen of them constructed of brick — in addition to the
splendid high-school edifice at College Corner, and with but few exceptions
all of the school-houses of the county are commodious and of modern style
of architecture. The progress thus outlined reflects great credit upon the
efficient township and corporation trustees who have had the school buildings
in charge.

The present county board of education of Union county is composed of
the following named gentlemen: C. W. Osborne, county superintendent
and president of the board; J. K. Husted, of Harmony township, secretary;
J. C. Showalter, of Brownsville township; S. H. Bellinger, Center township;
T. J. Bennett, Harrison township; W. C. Booth, Liberty township; 'W. F.
Shanklin, Union township; W. A. Fosdick, president of the Liberty school
board; and J. A. Newton, president of the West College Corner school board.
The present school board of the Liberty school has as its members W^. A.
Fosdick, C. E. Hughes and Dr. M. H. Leech. This school has been under
the superintendence of Professor J. W. Short, A. M., during the entire period
of Professor Osborne's administration as county superintendent. One year
has been added to the high-school course, and the school has been "com-
missioned " by the state board of education, and its graduates have a legal
right to enter the freshman year of any of the state's higher institutions of
learning without examination. A commercial course has also been estab-
lished, and the trustees regard this as one of the best things which have been
done for the school. This course is in charge of P. B. Nye, principal of the
high school, who is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State Normal School at
Millersville, and is a man of fine natural ability and great popularity. The
school building is an elegant brick structure and the school revenues are

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ample. As the little city of Liberty has always been thoroughly alive to her
educational interests, the school was in excellent condition when Professor
Short took charge, and, backed by an intelligent and enterprising school
board, and assisted by a most earnest and efficient corps of teachers, he has
kept it fully abreast of the most rapid educational progress of the state. He
has placed it entirely in line with the state course of study for town and city
schools. He holds regular teachers' meetings and meetings at which the
Teachers' Reading Circle work is thoroughly and ably discussed. He has
also been enthusiastic in promoting the work of the Young People's Reading
Circle, and the gain to his pupils by reading these excellent books has been
very great. The school has a valuable library, nearly all of which has been
procured during his administration, and it is extensively used with results
that are invaluable. The graduates of this school have for many years
formed a considerable element of the teaching force of the county, and have
proven the value and efficiency of their training. Professor Short is held in
high esteem by the Town and City Superintendents' State Association. He
is a most able and faithful superintendent, and probably no educator of the
state has a stronger hold on the people of his city.

When Superintendent Osborne entered upon his duties in the position
which he yet holds, the township trustees requested him to take charge of
the township institutes. He did so and the townships were divided into
three institute districts. These institutes were conducted under his personal
supervision for ten years, and two lines of study of especial interest to teachers
were pursued each year. Within this time, on account of educational prog-
ress, the demands on the superintendent's time had greatly increased. The
trustees then kindly took charge of their respective township institutes and
placed them under the personal care of township principals, since which time
they have been conducted in that manner. The progress made in the schools
is somewhat indicated by the fact that there were five pupils who completed
the district-school course and received county diplomas the year Professor
Osborne went into office, and now about fifty pupils receive such diplomas
annually.

Another advance step has been made by the Union county schools, along
musical lines. The state in her last two courses of study for elementary
schools has indicated work in music, although it is not required by law.
Union and Liberty townships introduced musical instruction into their
schools two years ago, and Center and Harmony townships at the beginning
of the school year of 1898-9. The work was given in ciiarge of township
superintendents of music from the first. In 1897-8 the music superintend-
ents were Mrs. Ida C. Keffer, for Union township, and Mr. Samuel Farlovv,
for Liberty township, and in 1898-9 they were Mrs. Ida C. Keffer, for Union

620 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

township, Mrs. India K. Barnard, for Center township, and Samuel Farlow,
for Liberty and Harmony townships. These superintendents have managed
the work with great skill, and it has been both successful and popular. The
following trustees are entitled to the credit of introducing music into their
schools in this efficient way: W. F. Shanklin, of Union township; W. C.
Booth, of Liberty township; S. H. Ballinger, of Center township; and J. K.
Husted, of Harmony township. Music is taught in the other two townships
by the teachers who are able and willing to handle it without assistance from
a specialist, and considerable good work has thus been done; but superin-
tendents have not yet been supplied. On the advice of Superintendent Short,
the Liberty school board placed music in charge of a special superintendent
some years since, and the plan was so successful that it has been continued
to the present time. College Corner has not yet introduced the study of this
art under the direction of a special superintendent, but some good work in
this branch is being done by the teachers.

The College Corner Union School is not like any other in the United
States. It is inter-state, hence national, and the United States courts would
probably have to be invoked to abolish it. The Indiana school board at the
time of its establishment consisted of Thomas Pentecost, Dr. W. H. Hawley
and James Schultz. The Ohio board had for its members George Weidmer,
S. R. Ramsey and W. L. Pults. This school was organized under the fol-
lowing authority: Superintendent C. W. Osborne, of Union county, wrote
the state superintendent of Indiana concerning the organization of a union
school between West College Corner and College Corner, Ohio, and received

the following reply:

Indianapolis, Indiana, December 20, 1892.
SiPT. C. \V. Osborne, College Corner, Ohio:

Dear Mr. Osborne: — Replying to your recent favor, would say that I presented your case to
the attorney general and he is of the opinion that the town can make the combination without
any legislation. Yours very truly,

Harvey D. Vories, State Superintendent.

An application from the College Corner (Ohio) school board to the
proper Ohio authority — State Commissioner O. T. Corson — brought this
opinion from the attorney general of the state, to whom Mr. Corson referred
the matter:

Hon. O. T. Corson, State Commissioner Common Schools:

Aty Bear Sir: — You have referred to me the following questions: College Corner extends
from the state line between Ohio and Indiana about one-half mile east, and West College
Corner, Indiana, extends from said line about one-half mile west, and these two wish to unite
and establish and conduct a union school. Can this be done without infringing upon the laws
of Ohio? If so, what is the best method of procedure?

I think it can be done. College Corner in Ohio can be made into a special district governed
by three directors. These three directors can unite with the board of three which control the
school district in College Corner, Indiana, and build the school-house on the line so that part of

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the house will be in Ohio and part in Indiana. The expense of the joint school can be appor-
tioned between the two districts on the basis of the school enumeration. Then each board will
not have to pay more than it would if it conducted a separate school. The teachers can be
selected by a majority of each board of directors. In all matters relatint,' to the schools, the
separate board of directors may act concurrently, but not jointly.

If there are any further details, they can be arranged by consent of the two boards acting
with the approval of the state commissioner of this state and the state superintendent of
Indiana. Very respectfully,

J. K. RiCH.\KDS, Attorney Gencml.

The plan of establishing this school on the authority of the attorney-
general of each state, in case both of these officers should a<(ree concerning
the enterprise, was originated by Superintendent Osborne, heartily sanctioned
by both school boards, and unanimously approved when submitted to a
meeting of the voters interested.

The College Corner Union School was organized and classified in
September, 1893, under the town superintendent, Professor E. P. Wilson;
and as the new building on the state line, since completed, at a cost of twelve
thousand dollars, was not ready for use, the school was conducted in the old
Ohio and Indiana school buildings, the higher grades being sent to the
Indiana side and the lower grades to the Ohio side.

The studies pursued in the first eight years were those laid down in the
Indiana Uniform Course of Stndy. The studies for the advanced class v\-ere
as follows: For the regular class. Collar and Daniel's Beginners' Latin,
Wentworth's School Algebra, Guyot's Physical Geography, and studies in
American literature, consisting of reading some of the best American authors.
Those pursuing the teachers' course were given algebra, physical geography
and literature, the same as in the regular class, and in addition Fisk's Civil
Government. A class in arithmetic was also sustained.

Despite the unfavorable conditions under which the school was organ-
ized the first year was a successful one and the school has been increasing!}-
successful to the present time. In the year 1894-5 the school was conducted
in the new building, which it has since occupied. The enrollment and
attendance show that it was a prosperous year. Another year was added to
the course of study and marked improvement made in the plans of work.
Another year was also added to the teachers' course, which now requires two
years for completion.

A good interest has been shown in the Young People's Reading Circle
work. The books are secured through contributions by the pupils and
teachers, and in nearly all cases the reading has been done by the pupils
themselves, each pupil retaining the book of his own grade for a limited time:
and although the pupils are expected to read the books of their own grades
first they are encouraged to read those of other grades and other years. In
this way many pupils were induced to read more than one book, some as

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high as five. It is not easy to overestimate the value of this work, for if
boys and girls acquire a taste for good reading while young they will derive
pleasure and benefit from it as long as they live.

Teachers are required to meet one day in each month for mutual
improvement, at which meeting they discuss the Indiana Teachers' Reading
Circle work. In addition to special reading, the teachers do Ohio Teachers'
Reading Circle work. Superintendent Wilson has had a strong and pro-
gressive corps of teachers from the organization of the school.

Graduates of common schools are admitted to the first year of the
high school on presentation of a county diploma. Those holding certificates
from high schools of equal rank with this are admitted into the year indicated
in the certificate on presentation of said certificate. All others will be
required to pass an examination for classification.

A teachers' course of study was organized with a view of giving to those
who wish to prepare for teaching, and who have not time to complete the
Tegular high-school course, an opportunity to do some thorough work in
advanced studies and review some of the more difficult common branches.
The work of the teachers' course is of a substantial character and calculated
to be of special value to young people intending to teach. It will also be of
great benefit to those wishing to review their studies as a preparation for a
commercial course. It has served a good purpose so far, but from the pres-
ent rapid advance in the educational standard it is likely that within a few
years the school authorities can carry out their design and place this course
beyond the high-school course, where they think a teachers' course rightfully
belongs, and require the time to be largely devoted to professional studies
and training. It is now in charge of U. G. Smith, principal of the high
school, who has had normal training and is an able and popular teacher.
Most of the pupils who wish to teach have completed the full high-school
course before entering the teachers' ranks. As the first high-school class
advanced from year to year, proper studies were arranged until they gradu-
ated after completing four years' work, and two classes have graduated since.
The course is fully up to the standard for high schools in Ohio and Indiana.
Superintendent Wilson, who has had university training and holds an
Indiana state professional license, is still in charge, and by untiring effort
and superior ability has gained the confidence and esteem of the school
board and of the entire community.

Location and principals of township high schools: Brownsville town-
ship, Brownsville, C. C. Abernathy, principal; Center township, Lotus,
Edward Gardner, principal; also Goodwin's Corner, W. J. Williams, princi-
pal; Harrison township, Hanna's Creek, J. F. Hermeier, principal; Liberty
and Harmony townships (joint), Dunlapsville, in Liberty township, Miss

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Christine Hill, principal; and Union township, joined with West College
Corner and made the high-school department of the College Corner union
school the township high school. These buildings are all new save the one
at Dunlapsville, and are beautiful and commodious structures, well adapted
to the use for which they were intended.

The building at Dunlapsville deserves special mention. Although built
many years ago by the authorities of the Whitewater Academy, its architect
planned so far ahead of the times that it still presents 9. most modern appear-
ance. It is an elegant tvv'o-story brick of six rooms, also ample halls, and is
so located as to present a delightful view. It has been kept in excellent
repair, and is very attractive. Notwithstanding it has been a good while since
this building was used as an academy, the influence of that excellent institu-
tion, the White Water Academy, is yet alive and active in this community,
and has been, and is still, of great benefit to the public-school work in this
section of the country. The building has been for some years the property
of the township.

The present township principals are: Brownsville township, C. C. Aber-
nathy; Center township, W. J. Williams; Harrison township, J. F. Hermier;
Harmony township, Miss Alpha Templeton; Liberty township. Miss Margaret
Connell; and Union township, B. F. Moon. The principals of township
high schools and the township principals are excellent teachers, who com-
mand the confidence of all; and the teachers of the county, as a corps, rank
high.

PETER D. PELSOR.

Peter D. Pelsor, of Metamora, Franklin county, Indiana, is a well
known citizen and was a faithful and gallant soldier in the civil war. He
■is a native of the Buckeye state. He was born in the village of Montgomery,
Hamilton county, Ohio, June 6, 1821. His father, John Pelsor, was a
native of Pennsylvania and went to Ohio with his father, Phillip Pelsor, when a
young man. The early American ancestry of the family is not clearly
defined, but the Pelsors had, doubtless, for several generations been residents
of Pennsylvania. John Pelsor, the father of the subject of this sketch, grew
to manhood in Ohio. He was one of a family of five members, comprising
three sons and two daughters. He married Catherine Roof, who was born
in Switzerland county, Indiana. The greater part of his life was passed in
Hamilton county, Ohio, and Switzerland county, Indiana. Later in life he
removed to Schuyler county, Illinois, where he died many years ago. His
■wife passed away about two years before the death of her husband.

Peter D. Pelsor is one of a family of six, five brothers and a sister. The
sister and the two eldest brothers, Absalom and John, are deceased. The
.surviving menibers of the family, besides the subject of this biography, are

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George and Isaiah. When Peter D. was a child about two years of age,
his father removed to Cincinnati; when he was seventeen went to Switzer-
land county, Indiana, and about a year later came to Franklin county, and
this has been his abiding place since, except during the years of his army
service. Mr. Pelsor served three years as an apprentice to the carpenter's
trade at Brookville, and followed that occupation until 1852.

He has been twice married and is the father of a large family. Novem-
ber 10, 1S43, he was married to Lucy Ann Morgan, who died September 16,
1849, leaving three children, all of whom are living, viz.: Rev. Henry C.
Pelsor, a Methodist minister; Virginia, wife of Mr. Landingham, of the'state
of Kansas; and Lucy Ann, wife of Alonzo Mintz. In July, 1850, Mr. Pelsor
was married to Jemima Alley, who died July 26, 1889, leaving six children,
namely: Indiana, Miriam, Ellen, Laura, Olive and Sergeant. The last
named was born while his father was in the army and was given the name
Sergeant bj' his father, that being the rank of the latter. When she married
Mr. Pelsor his second wife had three small children by her first marriage,
and Mr. Pelsor cared for and reared them as his own. They are John and
Andrew Alley and a daughter, Velena, who is now the mother of seventeen
children. Mr. Pelsor's marriage to his present wife, formerly Mrs. Elizabeth
Burns, was consummated June 19, 1891. She has one child by her former
marriage. The grandchildren of our subject, including the seventeen belong-
ing to Velena, his stepdaughter, number ninety-two, and his great-grandchil-
dren are also very numerous.

The war record of Mr. Pelsor is a most honorable one and includes par-
ticipation in many of the most important events of the war of the great
Rebellion. August 16, 1861, he was mustered into the United States service
as a member of Company F, Eighteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infan-
try. The company was commanded by Captain Peter C. Woods and the
regiment by Colonel Thomas Patterson. The regiment was assigned to Gen-
eral Carr's division, Thirteenth Army Corps, and took part in the following
long list of engagements and important events of the war: Blackwater,
Missouri, December 18, 1861; Sugar Creek, Arkansas, February 17, 1862;.
Pea Ridge, March 6 to 8; Cotton Plant, July 13; Port Gibson, May i, 1863;
Champion Hills, May 15; Jackson, Mississippi, May 16; Big Black River,
May 17. He was in the famous charge on the Confederate works at Vicks-
burg, March 22, and was at the surrender of that famous stronghold on July
4. All of these last named events took place in rapid succession in the famous
campaign of 1863. Later in the season he proceeded with his command to.
Jackson, Mississippi, and Carrion Crow Bayou, where they arrived Novem-
ber 3, 1863. Thence they went to Texas, landing at Corpus Christi and
proceeding to Mustang island, taking the fort at that place November 17;.

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thence to Esperanze May 27, 1864. Returning to Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
Mr. Pelsor came home on veteran furlough. Returning to Washington he
went thence to Bermuda Hundred, on the James river, but soon afterward
was ordered back to Washington, and there the regiment was detached from
the Thirteenth Arm}/ Corps and became a part of the Nineteenth Corps, and
with it fought through Sheridan's famous campaign in the Shenandoah val-
ley, taking part in the battles of Opequan Creek, Winchester, Fisher's Hill,
Newmarket and Cedar Creek. Mr. Pelsor was made duty sergeant at the
organization of his regiment; orderly sergeant October 26, 1S62; second lieu-
tenant June 15, 1863; first lieutenant June 21, and was promoted to a cap-
taincy August 4, 1864. He was mustered out of the service at Camp Rus-
sell, near Winchester, December 14, 1864, under special order No. 74, just
as he was about to resign, having become unfitted for duty because of a
tumor, with which he had been a long time troubled and from which he has
never recovered. Mr. Pelsor's long experience in th.e service of his country
was fraught with many dangers and narrow escapes, yet he remarked to the
writer of this article that of all the experiences of his life he would most
gladly recall and live over again the days he spent in the services of his
country.

Mr. Pelsor has been a Republican since the organization of that party,
and is a worthy member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is the
present assessor of Metamora township, a position which he has held sev- '
eral terms. He is well informed on the general issues of the day and is held
in high esteem by his fellow citizens.

WILLIAM MERRELL.

For many years William Merrell, now deceased, was connected with the
business interests of Connersville and Fayette county, and belonged to that
class of representative American citizens who promote the public good while
advancing individual prosperity. The salient points in his career were sound
judgment, unflagging energy, versatility of business talent and capable man-
agement, and these brought to him success and gained him distinction as one
of the leaders in commercial circles in Connersville. His well spent life
commended him to the confidence and esteem of all, and in his death the
community lost one of its most valued citizens.

A native of Kentucky, William Merrell was born in Mason county, near
Maysville, February 27, 181 3, a son of Reuben and Sarah (Helm) Merrell.
He was reared and educated in Maysville, and assisted his father in the work
of the home farm until 1837, when he came to Connersville, Indiana, where
he entered upon a mercantile e.xperience, as a clerk in his uncle's dry-goods
store. He subsequently engaged in the same line of business on his own

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account, being associated in partnership with his father-in-law for some years.
The}' conducted the leading general store in the town, carrj'ing a large stock
of goods and receiving a 1 beral share of the public patronage. Mr. Merrell
was filso the owner of a laige farm just west of Connersville, and resided
thereon for a number of years, largeh' devoting his energies to its cultivation
and improvement. In tue field of finance he was equally successful. In con-
nection with James Mount, now deceased, he established the Fanners' Bank
in Connersville, and acted as its cashier for a considerable period, making
this one of the most reliable and prosperous financial institutions in the
locality. He was safe and conservative in his business methods, yet not
unprogressive, and his native sagacity, enterprise and reliable methods
brought to him a most gratifying success.

On the 1st of November, 1840, Mr. Merrell was united in marriage to
Miss Anna K. , daughter of Abram B. Conwell. She now resides in Conners-
ville, and is a most estimable lady, having the wartn regards of many friends.
Nine children were born of their union, namely: Sarah E., of Connersville,
the widow of Dr. George Garver, who was a prominent physician here;
Charles; William, who has served for a number of years as city councilman,
being the only Democrat elected to that office through a long period; Con-
well, a farmer; Frank P., who is proprietor of a restaurant in Grass Valley,
California; John, who is engaged in farming and makes his home with his
mother on the old homestead; Emma, wife of William Havens, of Rushville;
Minnie, wife of Andrew A. Norman, of Cincinnati; and Mrs. Anna M. Mc-
Ilheny, of New York city.

Mr. Merrell spent his last years upon his farm near Connersville, and
there his death occurred. In the business world he ranked with the ablest;
as a citizen he was honorable, prompt and true to every engagement; as a
man he held the honor and esteem of all classes of citizens, of all creeds and
political proclivities. Fur many years he was identified with the substantial
and material development of his adopted county, and was classed among the
worthy pioneer settlers who laid the foundation for the present prosperity of
this section of the state.

LYCURGUS W. BEESON.

This popular and influential citizen of Milton, Indiana, who is now
serving as the trustee of Washington township, Wayne county, was born in
that township on the 7th of February, 1856, and belongs to one of the oldest
and most distinguished families of the county. The Beeson family was
founded in the United States by Edward Beeson, of Lancastershire, Eng-
land, who crossed the Atlantic in 1682 with one of William Penn's colonies
and first settled in Pennsylvania. Later he spent several years in a Quaker

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settlement in Virginia, and then bought land on the Brand3'\vine in Delaware,
a portion of which is now within the corporate limits of the city of Wil-
mington. There he died. He had four sons, — Edward, Richard, Isaac and
William. Isaac Beeson, one of the descendants of Richard, in the fourth
generation, removed to North Carolina. His son Benjamin was the great-
grandfather of our subject. The grandfather also bore the name of Ben-
jamin. He, with two brothers, founded the family in Indiana. In 1812
Isaac took up his residence near Richmond, and Thomas settled in Washing-
ton township, Wayne county, in 18 18.

Coming here on a tour of inspection in 1813, Benjamin Beeson selected
one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he entered at Cincinnati, and
then returned to his home in North Carolina. The following year, with a
wagon and four-horse team, he moved to his new home in Indiana territory,
and in the midst of the wilderness commenced the struggle of pioneer life.
He was a blacksmith and wagon-maker by trade, and in a shop upon his
farm he followed those occupations in connection with clearing and improving
his land. His nearest neighbors were five and six miles away. His wife,
who bore the maiden name of Dorcas Starbuck, was a true helpmeet to him,
and they raised the wool and flax which she spun, wove and made into gar-
ments for the family. The latchstring of their little cabin always hung on
the outside of the door, and the early settlers in search of homes found
there a resting place. Mr. Beeson was extensively engaged in farming and
stock-raising, and by the assistance of his estimable wife accumulated a large
property, which they left to their children. He supported the principles of
the Democratic party as advocated by Jefferson and Jackson, and most
capably filled the office of justice of the peace for many years, his decisions
never being reversed. For many generations the family was identified with
the Society of Friends, but the Indiana branch, which seemed more progress-
ive than the rest, withdrew from that sect, though they still retain many of
the admirable characteristics of the society and have always commanded the
respect and confidence of every community in which their lot has been cast.
Benjamin Beeson died March i, 1852, aged sixty-four years, his wife in
October, 1872, aged eighty-six. Two of their eleven children were born in
North Carolina, the others in Indiana. They were as follows: Bezaleel,
Othniel, Templeton, Delilah, wife of John Patterson; Rachel, wife of James
Harvey; Julia, wife of William Dick; Cinderella, wife of William Harvey;
Benjamin F., who is represented elsewhere in this volume; Amanda M.,
wife of Thomas Emerson; Marquis D., father of our subject; and Charles,
who died unmarried in 1852.

Marquis D. Beeson was born in Wajne county, October 18, 1829, and
after his marriage in 1851 he settled upon the farm given him by his father.

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two and a half miles south of Milton, where he still resides. It is a beautiful
place, upon which he has made many improvements in the way of buildings.
The owner of this delightful countrj' home is one of the most prominent and
highly respected citizens of Washington township as well as one of its most
successful business men. He is charitable and benevolent, willing to lend a
helping hand to the poor and need}', and has given his children an excellent
start in life. In 185 i he was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Harvey,
who was born March 20, 1834. Her father, Benjamin Harvey, was born
in Wayne county, May 15, 1808, a son of John and Jane (Cox) Harvey,
natives of North Carolina, who at an early day came to Indiana and settled
near Centerville. John Harvey was a farmer and stock trader by occupation,
was prominent and wealthy, and was upright and honorable in all transac-
tions. By birthright he was a member of the Society of Friends, to which
he always adhered. He was born May 17, 1779, and died September 12,
1850, while his wife was born March 3, 1782, and died in 1854. Their
children were Rebecca, Isom, Benjamin, Aaron, Nathan, William C, John
P., Mary E. and Jane. After his marriage, Benjamin Harvey, the maternal
grandfather of our subject, located on land entered by his father three miles
south of Milton, where he improved a large and valuable farm. He was a
hard-working man, strictly honest and honorable, and at his death owned
six hundred acres of land. He died March 27, 1856, aged forty-seven
years. He married Nancy Sellers, who was born in Kentucky, November i,
1809, and in 18 16 came to Wayne county, Indiana, with her parents, who
settled near Jacksonburg, where they improved a fine farm. They were of
Irish descent and members of the Baptist church. The children born to
Benjamin and Nancy (Sellers) Harvey, were Isaac S., who died at the age of
nineteen years; John, who died in Oklahoma; Ellen, mother of our subject;
Louisa, wife of M. G. Beeson; Ira, deceased; Viola, wife of A. Banks;
Amanda, wife of J. Howard; Nancy, wife of E. Wilson; William O., deceased;
Granville, a resident of California; George W., deceased; and Melinda and
Melissa, twins, the former the wife of T. Beeson, the latter deceased. The
subject of this sketch is the oldest in a family of four children, the others
being Lafayette, born March 10, 1858; Wellington, September 6, i860; and
Eva, June 28, 1863.

Lycurgus W. Beeson, of this review, was educated in the country schools
and remained under the parental roof until his marriage, when he settled on
a farm in Posey township, Fayette county, remaining there until 1886. He
then located upon a farm in Washington township, Wayne county, to the
improvement and cultivation of which he devoted his energies until elected
township trustee, in 1895, when he removed to Milton, his present home.
He has met with marked success as a farmer and stock-raiser and how owns

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two well improved farms in Washington township. Being a man of sound
judgment and good business abihty, he has been called upon to serve his
fellow citizens in various ways, such as settling up estates and acting as
guardian. He has also served as township assessor, and is now filling the
office of trustee in a most capable and acceptable manner. In political
sentiment he is a Democrat, and he is one of the leaders of his party in his
community.

On the 29th of September, 1880, Mr. Beeson was united in marriage
with Miss Ida Ferguson, and they now have one son, Robert L. , born
August 4, 1 88 1. Mrs. Beeson was born in Washington township, Wayne
county, October 29, 1861, a daughter of Thomas L. and Mary (LewisJ Fer-
guson, who spent their entire lives in this county. Her paternal grandparents,
Nimrod and Elizabeth (Isbell) Ferguson, were natives of North Carolina.
The grandfather was born in Wilkes county, August 2, 1786, and was a
brother of Micajah and Joel Ferguson, early settlers of Indiana. He and
Nimrod came to the territory of Indiana in 1809 and e.xplored twelve miles
of unsurveyed land, after which they returned to their native state. On
again coming to Indiana, in 18 12, Nimrod Ferguson entered three hundred
and twenty acres of land five miles south of Milton, which he at once com-
menced to improve, building thereon, in 18 17, the second brick house in
Wayne county. Then returning to North Carolina, he was married, October
II, 181 8, to Elizabeth Isbell, whom he brought as a bride to his home in the
wilderness. Having some money, he was enabled to get his farm well
improved in advance of the other early settlers, and as he was very successful
in his life work he was able to give his children a good start in life. He died
August 13, 1865, aged seventy-nine years: his wife, July 19, 1884, aged
eighty-eight. She was born November 18, 1796, a daughter of Thomas and
Discretion (Howard) Isbell, both natives of Albermarle county, Virginia, the
former born June 27, 1753, the latter July 29, 1764. They were married in
Wilkes county. North Carolina, in 1782. Mr. Isbell was one ot the men who
fought so bravely for the independence of the colonies during the Revolution-
ary war, enlisting at the age of eighteen and serving five years. After being
honorably discharged at the end of that time, he re-entered the service and
remained until the war ended. His children were: Prudence, Benjamin,
John, Frances, Livingston, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary and James. The
children born to Nimrod and Elizabeth Ferguson were: Thomas L., father
of Mrs. Beeson; Milton, deceased; Polly E. , wife of R. Wilcox; Viana, wife
of William Wallace; John \\\, who lives on the old homestead; Pinkney M. ;
Casburn; Caroline, wife of W. Carver; James N. ; Sarah C, wife of J. M.
Swafford; Discretion R., now Mrs. Lair, deceased. The parents were
members of the primitive Baptist church.

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Thomas L. Ferguson, Mrs. Beeson's father, was born August 13, i8ig,
and was married August 8, 1848, to Mary Lewis. He was a scientific and
successful farmer, who began operations upon a farm given him by his father,
and the neat and thrifty appearance of the place plainly indicated the
supervision of a careful and painstaking owner, as well as one who thoroughly
understood their chosen vocation. His last years were spent in retirement
at Milton, where he died May 22, 1891, and his wife passed away September
15, 1896. They were consistent members of the Christian church and highly
respected by all who knew them. Of their three children only Mrs. Beeson
is now living, their sons, Levi and Charles, having died of diphtheria at the
ages of seven and nine years, respectively. Mrs. Ferguson's father was
Caleb Lewis, an honored pioneer and prominent farmer of Wayne county.

WILLIAM A. ROTH.

One of the oldest merchants of Cambridge City, in years of active busi-
ness enterprise, is William A. Roth, a prominent and much esteemed citi-
zen. He recently passed the half-century mark, as his birth took place on
the 23d of September, 1848. His honored parents, Eli and Mary A. (Hoo-
ver) Roth, are both living, their home being in Cambridge City. ^

William A. Roth, who is the only child of Eli and Mary A. Roth, was
born in Wayne county, and received good educational advantages in the
public schools. In 1871 he embarked in independent business, becoming a
member of the firm of Hoover, Roth & Company. For some time he was
extensively engaged in the lumber business, after which he became inter-
ested in the grain business, in the firm of Shultz, Roth & Company,
which later became W. A. Roth & Company. He was one of the
first to embark in the grain business in this city, and has built up a
large and remunerative trade. He was one of the original projectors
of the direct-acting steam or compressed-air shears, for cutting sheet metal,
which device is justly considered the best of the kind in use in the United
States. In 1893 he went to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he engaged in
the real-estate business for some time, but, returning to the north, where
commercial matters are carried on in a much more business like manner, he
has continued his transactions in grain, and has prospered.

Mr. Roth takes commendable interest in all public affairs and uses his
franchise in favor of the nominees of the Democratic party. Fraternally he
is associated with Cambridge City Lodge, No. 5, Free & Accepted Masons,
and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, being trustee of the lodge building at
the present time. In 1878 Mr. Roth was united in marriage with Miss Viola
M. Kimmel, a daughter of Joseph and Amanda (Worman) Kimmel, who
were of German extraction.

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Upright arid just in all his business relations, Mr. Roth has won the
confidence and high regard of all who know him. He holds his word as
sacred as his bond, and never takes an undue advantage of another. Kind-
liness and genuine courtesy are among his marked characteristics and have
contributed to his sucess.

CHARLES B. MARTIN.

Charles B. Martin, one of the representative citizen of Brookville town-
ship, Franklin county, Indiana, was born on the old Martin homestead May
2 8, 1 84 1, and is a son of Stephen and Sarah (Wilson) Martin. His father
came to this county from South Carolina in 181 i and entered one hundred
and sixty acres of land where Brookville now stands. He was born March 7,
1785, and was blessed with a strong constitution which enabled him to endure
the privations and hardships incident to pioneer life. By perseverance and
industry he was able to accumulate a considerable property which placed
him and his family in comfortable circumstances. He erected a cabin of
poles, in which he lived many years and dispensed a generous hospitality to
those around him. He was a Universalist in belief and demonstrated the
beauty of his faith in his practical every-day life, delighting to give help to
his brother man. He was twice married, his first wife. Anise Corners, being
the mother of the following children, all of whom are dead: Elizabeth (.Mrs.
William Stoops), Ed)^ (Mrs. John Stoops), Amos D., William, Daniel C,
Stephen and Eliza Jane. His second wife, Sarah Wilson, was born in June,
1802, and died February 11, 1888. Her children were John S., born Novem-
•ber 24, 1835, and represented on another page in this work; Patty Annie,
deceased, born June 10, 1838; and Charles B., our subject. The father of
Sarah Wilson Martin came to this county, also from South Carolina, the same
year as did Mr. Martin, and settled near the Martin homestead. Of his
three children, John and Charles are prosperous farmers, the third child being
Patty Annie. The father of our subject died on his farm May 5, 1846.

Charles B. Martin was educated in the common schools and remained at
home until i860. He then moved upon the farm of o;,e hundred and sixty
acres which had been purchased by his mother and uncle, Charles Wilson,
and was known as the Simpson Jones farm; and to the original tract he has
since added one hundred and thirty acres. In 1881 he built a pleasant new
residence, replacing the old log house, which had been on the land for sixty
years, with a modern brick building. This land is kept in the most perfect
order, everything about the premises being neat and well kept. November
29, i860, he was married to Miss Ellen Foster, daughter of William H. and
Martha (Burns) Foster. Mr. Foster was a native of Pennsylvania, a farmer
by occupation and a local minister in the Methodist church. He died when

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Mrs. Martin was one year old and to the mother fell the care and manage-
msnt of the farm and the care of seven children. The children are Jonathan
H. ; William Henderson, deceased; Mary; Emeline, wife of Joseph Alley;
Ellis W. ; Samuel B. ; and Ellen, wife of our subject. Mrs. Martin was a
judicious manager and by her industry and economy managed to clear the
farm of debt and rear her children to lives of honor and usefulness. She
lived to be eighty-eight years of age and died with the consciousness of a well-
spent life.

The children who have blessed the union of our subject and wife are,
John E. , who married Laura Thomas; she died June i8, 1S97, and in March,
1899, he married Jennie Jacobs, of Whitewater township; the children by his
first marriage were Bertha A., Anna, John T., and Charles, deceased; Sarah
E.. the second child of Mr. Martin, is the wife of Edmund Higgs; Mattie O.,
deceased; William H., who married Estella Higgs; George A., who married
Daisy Holmes, and has two children, — Edith and Ethel; Lizzie M. ; and
Nellie M.

Mr. Martin joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at the age of
twenty-one, and is a member of the Alethodist Episcopal church, being a lib-
eral contributor to the funds for the erection of the West Fork church. He
is a man of high principles and is esteemed for the upright honorable conduct
of his every -day life.

JOHN T. SKINNER.

J(5hn T. Skinner was born in Brookville township near his present
residence some sixty-seven years ago, a son of John and Isabella (Ewing) ■
Skinner, and a grandson of Thomas Skinner. Thomas Skinner entered
land in Dearborn county, Ohio, prior to 18 12. He was born in 1760
and died in 1S43. His widow, Anna (Caton) Skinner, was seventy-
five years of age at the time of her death, which occurred in 1852.
She was from Shelby county, Indiana. John Skinner was five years
old when his parents came to Indiana. In 18 12 he entered five hundred and
forty acres, which inclu'ded all the land west of the present farm of one hun-
dred and fifty-six acres, and extended to the Indian boundary. This selec-
'tion proved to be a wise one, as it is now considered the best in the town-
ship. He was a Methodist and a liberal supporter of the local church, known
as the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal c lurch. He died in 1897, at the age
of seventy-nine years.

John T. Skinner was the oldest of five children, viz. : John T., Nancy,
William H., Mary Jane and Ellen, deceased. The father was married a
second time, to Mrs Priscilla Toman, whose death occurred in 1893, when
she had arrived at the age of seventy years. Their children were Isabella,

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Katie, Henry (deceased), Emmett, Winlield Scott, Laura and Winn. Our
subject worked on a farm until he reached his twenty-fourth year, when he
married and began to work on his present farm. He was married in 1856 to
Catherine Bell, a daughter of John and Margaret Bell, natives of Maryland
and former prominent residents of Brookville township. John Bell died
August 10, 1893, 3-t the age of eighty-five years; Margaret died August 22,
18S9, at the age of seventy-three years. They had the following children:
Richard; Catherine; Silby; Andrew; Thomas; Henrietta, wife of Henry Remy;
Ellen, deceased, wife of John Copse. Mr. Skinner is a hard-working, indus-
trious man, an excellent neighbor and possessed of high moral principles.
He has never been connected with any religious body, but is a man of ster-
ling worth. In politics he is a Republican.

ANDREW JACKSON SMITH, M. D. • f

In many respects the history of the life of the subject of this article is
remarkable and extremely interesting. It will be plainly apparent to the
reader that he is a man of strong personalit_v, having the courage of his con-
victions and daring to do what hs believes to be right, under all circum-
stances.

He is of German parentage, his ancestors spelling the family name
Schmitd. He was born near Cape Hatteras, on board the good ship Kaiser
Wilhelm, December 31, 1836, while his parents were on their way to the
United States from the Fatherland. They settled upon a large plantation in
McLean count}', Kentucky, and the father, who was a physician, and pos-
sessed great ability, became one of the prominent citizens of that community.
He owned numbers of slaves, and about the time of the trouble which was
brewing between the north and the south over this disputed question, he
sympathized with the south, and served his country as a member of congress,
from the sixth congressional district of Kentucky. He died in 1876, when in
his eighty-seventh year, his death being the result of an accident which he
had sustained. His wife, who died in 1894, lived to the advanced age of
ninety-eight years.

Strange as it appears. Dr. Andrew J. Smith was totally opposed to the
principles of slavery from his boyhood, though the sentiments of his family
were at variance with his own. In his young days he assisted many a poor
slave to make his escape by means of the "underground railway," and
finally his life was threatened so seriously that he concluded that "discre-
tion is the better part of valor," and he left home. Going to New Orleans,
he entered the United States Navy as a sailor, and served for three years, a
most eventful period in his life, as he visited many of the important ports of
the world. He was in Japan at the time that Commodore Perry made the

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famous treat}- of 1S53, prior to which year that nation had for centuries been
closed to all commercial relations with other countries. Upon his return to
I-ientucky, his increasing sj'mpathy for the slaves was too plainly evinced for
his personal safet}', and during the opening days of the war of the Rebellion,
when sectional excitement was at its height, he tore down a Confederate
flag which had been raised in his neighborhood. For this exploit he was
pursued and captured and probably would have been shot had he not man-
aged to escape in disguise. Reaching Louisville, he crossed the Ohio river
and enlisted as a private in Company F, Fifth I'iegiment of Iventucky Vol-
unteers, being accredited to Butler county, Kentucky. This body of troops
was better known as the Louisville Legion. Company F was commanded b}^
Captain J. E. VanSant, and the regiment had Colonel L. H. Rosseau at its
head. Assigned to Rosseau's brigade, McCook's division of the Twentieth
Army Corps, it served in the Army of the Cumberland, doing valiant service
in many of the important battles and campaigns of the war.

Among the numerous battles in which Dr. Smith participated were the
following named: Bowling Green, February 15, 1862; Shiloh, April 6-/,
1862; and Stone River, December 31, 1862; Tullahoma, July i, 1863;
Chickamauga, September 19-20; Brown's Ferry, October 27; Chattanooga,
November 25; Mission Ridge and Blaine's Cross Roads, December 16, 1863;
Buzzards' Roost, February 25-27, 1864; Peach Tree Creek; Jonesboro;
Rocky Face Ridge, May 5-9, 1864; Resaca, May 13-17, 1864; and then, in
quick succession came Dallas, Ivenesaw Mountain, Pine Mountain, Pine
Knob, Golgotha, Latcimer's Mills, Noonday Creek, Prairie Springs and many
others. In fact the fighting was almost continuous during many months of
1864, and in September of tnat year, by reason of the expiration of his
three-years term of service, Dr. Smith was honorably discharged, at Louis-
ville, Kentucky. In January, 1865, however, he re-enlisted, becoming a
member of Company A, Fourth Regiment of United States Veteran Infantry,
under the command of Captain Montgomery and Colonel Wood. He was
soon promoted to a captamcy and served with his regiment, under General
Phil Sheridan, in the famous Shenandoah campaign. Subsequently he was
sent with the regiment to Washington, and after the assassination of Lin-
coln they were assigned to guard the prison in which, Payne, Spangler, Dr.
Mudd and Mrs. Surratt, fellow conspirators of Booth, were confined. Later
they were detailed to accompany Dr. Mudd and Spangler to Tortugas island,
where they were sentenced Lo imprisonment, and returning to Washington,
the regiment witnessed the execuiion of the other assassins.

In 1 861 Dr. Smith graduated in the Kentucky School of Medicine, and
at the battle of Shiloh he was detailed as assistant surgeon in the field hos-
pital. In the fall of 1865 he was examined and appointed assistant surgeon

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. GS&

in the United States Army, being assigned to duty with the Fifth Regiment
of United States Cavalry, a position he filled, with great credit, for five
years. During the war he was wounded several times, once at Stone River,
the last day of 1862, and at Mission Ridge, f^iberty Gap and Kenesaw
Mountain. He still carries some Confederate lead in his body, and has never
fully recovered from his honorable wounds.

In I 870 Dr. Smith established an office for practice in Tell City, Indiana,
where he remained for twelve years, in the meantime taking a course in the
Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, where he graduated in 1872. In
1882 he removed to Indianapolis, a wider field of action, and there was suc-
cessfully engaged in practice for nine years, during which period he pursued
a course of study and was graduated in the Central College of Physicians &
Surgeons, at Indianapolis, in 1886. Since 1891 he has been a resident of
Metamora, where he enjoys a fine practice, and has won a well merited place
among the leading members of his profession in this section of the state.
He is considered an authority on medical jurisprudence, and in September,
1897, prepared and read before the Franklin County Medical Society an orig-
inal article on ' ' expert testimony, " which has commanded wide attention and
favorable comment.

On the 30th of September, 1889, Dr. Smith married Miss Lulu Huddle-
ston, whose father, Samuel Huddleston, was a member of the Fourth Indiana
Regiment during the war of the Rebellion, and now is a citizen of Dublin,
Indiana. The Doctor and wife have two promising sons: Adkison John and
Noble Gordon. Some time ago Mrs. Smith took a regular course of medical
study and training, and since then has been associated with her husband in
practice, rendering him invaluable assistance. They have legions of friends
in various parts of this and other states.

ELIAS M. HOOVER.

Elias M. Hoover is recognized as one of the most public-spirited and
patriotic citizens of Jefferson township, Wayne county. He is a strong
believer in the better and more systematic education of the masses, in order
that they may understand their duties and privileges as American citizens;
and all other worthy public enterprises and reforms are championed by him.

Frederick Hoover, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native
of Pennsylvania, whence he emigrated with his family to Liberty township,
Henry county, Indiana. There he and his loved wife spent the rest of their
days, livmg to an advanced age. They were the parents of twelve children,
four sons and eight daughters, and of the entire household but three survive,
namely: Christina, wife of John Easton, of Iowa; Mrs. Margaret Ulrich, of
this township; and Jacob, the father of Elias M. Hoover. The latter was

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born in the Ke3'stone state, in 1826, and has Hved principally in Indiana,
for 3-ear3 having dvvelt in this township, where he is sincerely honored. He
is a minister in the German Baptist denomination, with which sect his family
has long been associaied. To himself and wife, whose maiden name was
Sarah Rinehart, ten children were born, of whom the following named are
living: Elias j\I., Abram, Jefferson, Samantha, Jennie, Horace, David
and Frank. Mrs. Hoover is a daughter of Jacob Rinehart, who was a native
of Maryland, but her birthplace was in Ohio.

Elias M. Hoover was born in Liberty township, Henry county, only a
short distance from his present home, across the county line, May 25, 1852.
In his boyhood he attended what was known as the Chicago school, in his
native township, and later he was a student in Jefferson township. He has
made agriculture his main business in life, and has been prospered in his
various undertakings. He is affiliated with the Republican party and is not
an office-seeker, but his fellow citizens, knowing well his earnest, systematic
methods and his genuine desire to aid in every possible manner the public
weal, elected him to' the position of township trustee. They judged him
rightly, for his influence has been materially felt in many directions, espe-
ciall}' in the educational department of township affairs. Without an addi-
tional expenditure of money, he has so thoroughly systematized the local
school management that marked improvement is noticeable in the equip-
ment of schools, in the securing of better qualified teachers, in the increased
duration of terms, and in other items equally important. The same careful
attention which he directs upon his own private business concerns is exercised
by him in his responsible office of trustee. Following in the footsteps of his
ancestors, he is a worthy member of the German Baptist church.

In 1872 Mr. Hoover married Miss Louisa Kauffman, a daughter of
Amos Kauffman. The latter was a native of Pennsylvania, in which state
his father died, and later the mother became the wife of Moses Myers, who
removed to Indiana with his family. Mrs. Hoover was summoned to the
silent land November 22, 1889, leaving two children. Flora and Hollace, to
mourn her loss, a third child having died in infancy. Mrs. Hoover was a
■devoted wife and mother, a kind neighbor and friend, and was actively inter-
ested in church work and in all kinds of helpful. Christian philanthropies.

JOHN H. McCLURE.

This prosperous, respected farmer of Brookville township. Franklin
county, Indiana, was born in this township September 16, 1849. His father,
William McClure, Sr. , was born in Rock Springs, Harrison county, Ken-
tucky, May I, 1802, and while yet in infancy was taken to Ohio, where they
lived for several years, and in 1807 located in Franklin county, near this

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city. His education was that of the other youth of his day, — confined to a
few short months in winter at a school that had none of the conveniences of
the present day, headed by a teacher with meager learning. The school
buildings were of logs, the furniture nothing but slab seats, with puncheon
floors to give protection from the ground. Although his opportunities were
so limited, he improved every chance for storing his mind with learning,
and the knowledge acquired by him compares favorably with the college-
bred man of to-day. It was a great pleasure to him to recall the many inter-
esting incidents of his pioneer life, and numerous articles contributed by iiiin
to magazines have afforded keen pleasure to the readers. He was a firm
supporter of the government during the trouble in our borders, and incited
others to deeds of loyalty.

December 7, 1826, he was married to Miss Minerva l^lint, and of the
six children resulting from this union but two are now living, James, a resi-
dent of I\ansas, and William, Jr., who lives in New Haven, this state. July
21, 1842, he was married to Rebecca Spradling, who survives him. Seven
children were born of this union: Lucinda, deceased; Mrs. S. R. Ehvell;
Elizabeth (Mrs. Walton); Emiline (Mrs. White); John H., our subject; Indi-
ana (Mrs. Shepard); Evangeline (Mrs. Short), and Richard E. , a resident of
Metamora. Mrs. Rebecca (Spradling) McClure was the third daughter and
sixth child born to John Spradling, a pioneer who is well remembered in
Highland township. The death of Mr. McCiure occurred at his residence on
June 24, 18S2, at the age of eighty years, two months and twenty-three
days. He had been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church
for thirty years, in which he made his pure, simple religion a part of his
every-day life. He was not without an ambition to accumulate an abun-
dance of this world's goods, but he was thoroughly honest, and his gain
came from his own energy and never by another's loss. He was liberal in
his charities. He knew that the end was near and had made his prepara-
tions to meet his Maker with a cheerfulness born of his faith in immortality,
and. the loving care of an all-wise Father who watches over all his children.
He had rounded out a full life and was ready to lay down the burden, leav-
ing with the family the assurance of a joyful reunion in the better land.

John H. ]\IcClure was brought up on his father's farm and attended the
public schools in his youth. In older years he still clung to his early training
and gave his attention to agriculture, taking charge of the homestead after
the death of his father and making a home for his mother. In 1878 he was
married to Belle Arnold, a daughter of George and Harriet Arnold, of Con-
nersville. George Arnold was born in Kentucky, in 1830, and at an early
age came with his parents to Hunt's Grove, Hamilton county, Ohio. He
was engaged in teaching school in his younger days, and during his vaca-

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tions helped in clearing away the forest that covered their land. Later he
engaged in farming, and is now a man who is well posted on all vital ques-
tions of the day, whether it has to do with farming or questions of national
importance. He is a Democrat. His wife died in 1874, at the age of fifty-
eight years. Their children are: Belle, wife of our subject; Jacob; Samuel;
George; Adelia; Leonard; William, deceased; and Hester, deceased. Mr.
IMcClure has four children: Lurton D., born February 17, 1881; Carrie B.,
iNIarch 3, 1883; Carl A., March 31, 1886; and Veletta, August 14, 1890.
He is a member of the Christian church, to which he is a liberal contributor,
and also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

WILLIAM MOUNT BANES.

It does not fall to the lot of many to have their names engraven upon
the roll of honor of a nation, to have fame almost world-wide; but he who is
associated with the founding and upbuilding of a county, and thus with the
general prosperity of a state, has truly performed a noble part, and his pos-
terity can but look upon his record with just pride.

For more than three-score years the Banes family have been numbered
with the inhabitants of Franklin county, and no more sterling citizens ever
dwelt in this section of Indiana. For several generations the family lived in
Pennsylvania, and in Buckingham township, Bucks county, that state, our
subject's father, Jonathan Banes, was born, February 12, 18 17. He was a son
of Jonathan and Anna (Gillingham) Banes, the former born about 1778, and
the latter a daughter of John Gillingham, also of an old family in the Key-
stone state. The great-grandfather of our subject on the paternal side also
bore the Christian name of Jonathan. He died in 1833, aged about ninety
years. After the death of his wife, Ann, Jonathan Banes, the second of the
name, came to Indiana, and passed his last years at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Emeline High, his death occurring in 1862. Mrs. High is sti'l I'ving,
having survived her husband, John High, who died in 1893. Her only sister,
Eliza Ann, was called to the better land in girlhood. Cyrus, the eldest
brother, went to the west when a young man, became an Indian scout, and it
is supposed that he was slain by the redskins. John, another brother, died
when about twelve years of age.

Jonathan Banes, the third of the name, born in 18 17, as stated above,
left the parental home when he was sixteen years of age, and served as an
apprentice to the carpenter's trade in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania.
For a period he worked in Philadelphia, and in 1837 he came to Brookville,
as he had learned of the Whitewater canal, then in process of construction,
and believed that he could find employment thereon. This proved to be the
case, and he was the superintendent of the building of the wood-work of the

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dam at Brookville, several locks, the Case dam, further down the riv i md
several canal bridges. In 1839 he took the contract for the constrM ■ of

the lock and an aqueduct at Metamora, but work was suspended 1 1 1 ,
ovvino; to a lack of funds. The following spring Mr. B ines receive! pa 1 it
for his past labors and invested the amount in horses, which he I' > ' r. >
Pennsj'lvania and sold. That autumn he returned, and for four y j < he
was engaged in merchandising at Brookville, but since the spring of 1845 he
has been a resident of Metamora. Having erected a cotton factory here, he
operated it successfully for a number of years, in the meantime being also
engaged in a mercantile business, with his brother Jenks and Calvin Jones.
Of late years he has given his attention to agriculture, and to the investing
in and sale of land, both in this county and in Illinois, where he entered
considerable unimproved property. Long ago he won a place among the
Vv'ealthy business men of the county, and he owes his means and high stand-
ing entirely to his own well directed industry.

A notable event in the life of Jonathan Banes was his marriage, Septem-
ber 5, 1 84 1, to Maria Mount, a daughter of Judge David .Mount, of
Metamora. He was born in 1778, in New Jeisey, and came to Indiana in
181 1. Here he won distinction as a statesman and associate judge, serving
in the legislature for many years, acting as one of the honorable body of
representative citizens who drew up the constitution of the state, and acting
as associate judge of Franklin county. His wife, whose maiden name was
Rhoda Hunt, was born in New Jersey, in 1785. She survived him about
twenty years, her death occurring in February, 1870, and he having died May
18, 1850. Mrs. Banes, who was born June 24, 1820, is the only survivor of
her family. Her sister Sarah, who became the wife of Colonel Daniel
Hankins, of Connersville, died in 1839, and her brother James, who for many
years was associated in business with Colonel Hankins, is deceased. Jona-
than Mount, the next brother, removed to Carroll county, Indiana, where he
passed the remainder of his life; and Peter, the youngest, died in Wabash
county, where he had lived for some time. Rebecca Ann, born in 1S15. never
married; and her death took place in 1849. She and Mrs. Banes were the
only members of that family born in Franklin county, the others having been
born in New Jersey. The two children born to Jonathan Banes and wife
were William Mount and Mary. The latter, born in 1846, became the wife
of E. W. High, and died September 12, 1890.

William Mount Banes, born June 5, 1843, on the site of his present
home, which was the homestead of his parents, has alwaj's been a resident
of Metamora township. From his youth he has devoted his time to farming
and stock-raising, and the finel}' improved and valuable homestead which he
now occupies comprises over one thousand acres. He has a beautiful home,

640 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

where his friends are made royally welcome, hospitality being one of the-
marked attributes of his nature.

The marriage of Mr. Banes and Nancy, daughter of Thomas Tague, an
early settler of this township, was solemnized April 6, 1871. Both of her
parents died in 1871, and her death occurred ten years later, when she was
in her thirty-sixth year. The three children of that marriage are Cora, Lin-
nie and Leroy. Both daughters graduated from Oxford Female College, and
the son is studying civil engineering at Purdue University, and is a young
man of great promise. On the 29th of September, 1887, Mr. Banes married
Miss Annie Olivia Clouds, daughter of the Rev. George C. and Mary A.
Clouds. The former is a well known minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church, now located at Greensburg, Indiana. He is a native of Philadelphia,
while his wife was born in Cincinnati. Mrs. Banes also is a Cincinnati lady,
her birth having occurred September 29, 1863, and all but one of her seven
brothers and sisters are still living. The only child of our subject and wife
is Mary, who was born October 10, 1888. They are members of the Method-
ist Episcopal church, and fraternally Mr. Banes is a Mason ot the Royal
Arch degree.

JAMES P. KENNEDY.

More than a quarter of a century has this respected citizen of Liberty-
been engaged in the banking business, and for about eleven j-ears of that
period he has been the president of the Citizens' Bank of this place, which
well known institution he was influential in organizing. He is deserving of
great credit for the success he has achieved in his business career, for he
started out in life a poor boy, and was obliged to hew out his own pathway.
Added to the circumstances of poverty and lack of influential friends, he was
not a strong youth, and had to battle against delicate health for several
years. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, he persevered in his undertakings,
and by force of will and steady application rose to prominence in the busy
world.

The parents of James P. Kennedy were of Scotch-Irish stock, and both
were natives of Ireland. They came to the United States in 1801, and for
some years resided in Lancaster count3^ Pennsylvania. The mother died in.
1827, and the father remarried some three years later. He died at the age
of eighty-four years, in Decatur county, Indiana, and was survived by his-
second wife but a short time.

Born May .20, 1826, James P. Kennedy is the youngest of eleven chil-
dren, ten of whom were boys, and he is now one of the three sur\ivlng
members of the once large family circle. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
was the place of his birth, and death deprived him of his mother when he
was an infant about a vear old. In the common schools he obtained a. faic

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education, and at sixteen he began teaching school, as the hard work of the
farm was not suited to his never rugged constitution. Soon after he came to
Indiana, in the winter of 1 841-2, he worked at spHtting rails. With a com-
rade's help, two thousand rails were prepared, and when the payment
agreed upon — two bushels of corn for every one hundred rails — was handed
over to the young men, half of the corn was disposed of at the rate of ten
cents per bushel. This amount the friend took as his share, and Mr. Ken-
nedy could do no better than to trade his corn for a sow and nine pigs. He
drove them home, where his father immediatel}' assumed the ownership of
the animals. For a period of ten years, perhaps, he attended high school at
intervals and taught during the remainder of the time. He then embarked
in merchandising, but with a very limited capital, and continued in this
enterprise until 1871. In company with other parties he then organized the
First National Bank of Liberty, and served as cashier of the same until the
institution went into voluntary liquidation, in 1S82. The following year i\Ir.
Kennedy became interested in the establishment of the Citizens' Bank at
Hope, Indiana, and for five years he acted as cashier of the same. Then,
severing his connection with that bank, he opened the Citizens' Bank in
Liberty, under the firm name of J. P. Ivennedy & Company. This is a pri-
vate banking concern, and he has stood at the head of the enterprise ever
since it opened its doors to the public, in 1889. To his sagacity and fore-
sight and hia genius as a financier ma}' be laid the prosperous condition of
the bank, which safely weathered the financial depression of recent \'ears,
and is constantly gaining in importance.

Though reared in the principles of the Democratic party, Mr. I\enne-
dy aided in the formation of the Republican party and was an earnest
advocate of the same until 1884, when he became independent, and lie has
used his ballot of late 3"ears in favor of the man or principle that he deemed
worthy of support, regardless of party lines. In 1876 he was elected on the
Republican ticket to the Indiana house of representatives, and served his
constituents well. In his religious opinion he is liberal, disbelieving in
creeds and the dogmas of the churches, and pinning his faith in practical
Christianity, which consists in purity and uprightness of purpose and deed, and
loving helpfulness toward one's brother man. Fraternally, he belongs to Oxford
Lodge, No. 58, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and was made a Mason
in 1S50 in Fairfield Lodge, Fairfield, Indiana. A strange accident, on
November 12, 1898, 'has resulted in an invalid condition for Mr. Kennedv since
that date. While crossing the platform of a passenger train, which was
standing on the highway, the sudden starting of the train threw him with
violence to the ground and injured his left hip in such a manner that he has
not apparently gained in health from the da}' of the accident, suffers much

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pain and is forced to the constant use of crutches. The injur_v baffled the
medical fraternity to name or mitigate.

Prior to his marriage, September i, 1S57. Mr. Kennedy went to the
west and spent one summer in Kansas, and returning, was seized with
typhoid fever at Cincinnati, Oliio. He was very ill for man}- weeks, and
when partially convalescent his marriage to Miss Livonia W. Dunbar was
solemnized. Their friendship had begun in their youth, in Union county,
and, upon learning" of Mr. Kennedy's dangerous illness Miss Dunbar went to
visit him, and to nurse him back to strength, if possible. Her father, Andrew
Dunbar, was then a resident of Decatur county, having removed thither from
his old home in Union count}'. Two sons and four daughters bless the union
of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, namely: Lorin M., William P., Gmevra, Allevia,
Adelaide and Emmazetta.

Lorin "SI. Ivennedy is a merchant tailor in Liberty, Indiana; William P.
and Allevia are connected with their father in the Citizens' Bank. William
came to Liberty from Hope, Indiana, where he had been cashier for sixteen
years, on the occasion of the injury to his father caused by his fall on
November 12, 1898, and became the vice-president. Ginevra, who is a
member of Cooper Institute, New York city, and Emmazetta have been in
New York city for the past eight years engaged in musical studies, and have
attained prominence, the younger especially. She is connected with the
2\ew York Philharmonic Society, sings in one of the leading Catholic
churches, — St. Anthony's church, of Brooklyn, — also in one of the prominent
Jewish synagogues in New York, and is one of the leading members of Castle
Square Theatre's opera company. Adelaide has been in New York city for
three years and a half, engaged in the study of music and kindred subjects,
returning home, however, to be her father's nurse and companion during his

affliction.

WILLIAM H. H. MIDDLETON.

Soon after the close of the civil war, in 1866, Mr. Middleton settled in
Richmond, Indiana, where he has since continued to dwell. During the
great and dreadful struggle between the north and the south he had done all
within his power in support of the Union, devoting several of the best years
of his manhood to his country. He has always been a loyal patriot, in time
of peace as well as of war, faithful to the principle of the " greatest good to
the greatest number.''

\ son of Joseph and Mariam (Moon) Middleton, the subject of this nar-
rative was born on the old homestead near Harveysburg, Warren county,
Ohio, August 24, 1840. His father, a millwright by trade, traced his ances-
try to Arthur Middleton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. William received an ordinary public-school education and when

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 048

the war of the RebelUon came on he was anxious to g'o to the front with the
first troops. Enb'sting in Company B, Fortieth Ohio Vohinteer Infantry,
September 17, 1861, he took the place assio^ned him in the ranlts of the pri-
vate soldiers. Soon afterward he suffered a severe siege of illness, and when
convalescent resumed his service for the government in the dispensary at
Nashville, Tennessee, and remained there until the war closed.

The following year he embarked in the building and contracting business
in Richmond and later became connected with the planing-mill company
here. In time he was promoted to be foreman of the plant of Cain & Son.
and subsequently he engaged in business on his own account. Politically he
is a Republican and has served most effigiently as a member of the city coun-
cil, but has preferred to leave public honors to others. In the Masonic order
he has received the chapter degrees and stands deservedly well in the estima-
tion of all.

On the 24th of December, 1873, Mr. Middleton married Miss Susanna
Mulloy, who had been successfully occupied in teaching in the public schools
of Richmond for several years, a lady of refinement and excellent education.
They have a very pleasant and attractive home at Earlham Place and enjoy
a large and representative acquaintanceship. They have four children:
Walter Guy, a graduate of Earlham College; Joseph Burke, Elizabeth Alice
and Donald Rich, students in the high school.

Dr. David Mulloy, the father of Mrs. Middleton, was a successful physi-
cian, with a most promising future, when, in 1854, he was stricken by the
hand of death. He was a son of Thomas and Susanna (Morton) Mulloy
and was born at Mount Hygiene, Clermont county, Ohio, in 1824, the oldest
of five children. He was reared in his native county, and after leaving the
common schools he graduated in Parker's Academy, and soon afterward
entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, and in due time received
his diploma. Subsequently he located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was
there during the fearful cholera epidemic. His last years were spent in the
neighborhood of St. Louis, where he had built up a large practice ere his
early demise. He had married Elizabeth Burke and had three children, of
whom Mrs. Middleton is now the only survivor.

Hugh Mulloy was born in Albany, New York, in 1751, a descendant of
ancestors who came from the north of Ireland and were of Scotch-Irish
parentage. When a bo}- he emigrated to what was then the province of
Maine, and lived in Brunswick and Georgetown. In the latter place, in May.
1776, while home on a furlough from the Continental army, he married
Priscilla Thompson, daughter of Benjamin Thompson. When the news of
the battle of Bunker Hill was received, he, with other patriots from his
locality, in 1775, started for Boston and at once enlisted as a private in the

644 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

army at Cambridge. In April following he was promoted corporal, in June
iollowing to the position of sergeant, and November 6, 1776, was commis-
sioned ensign, in the company of which George White was captain. His
commission was issued at Boston, by order of congress, and signed b}' John
Hancock, president. In May, 1778, he was promoted again, this time to
the rank of first lieutenant. He had engaged in the battle of Ticonderoga,
in May, 1777, in the battle of Hubbardstone, both battles of Saratoga
(Stillwater), and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne, October 17, 1777. He
also had been in several skirmishes, in one of which he was wounded twice
severely, one of the wounds proving so troublesome as to incapacitate him
from active duty, and he was honorably discharged from the service, his dis-
charge being written on the back of his commission, in the handwriting
of General Washington. This paper, which was on file in the pension
department at Washington, was destroyed in 18 14 by the British when they
sacked the town. Lieutenant MuUoy enjoyed a personal acquaintance with
both Washington and Lafayette. He was initiated into the mysteries of
Freemasonry in Washington's -tent, and was secretary of the lodge that
existed in the army.

Immediately after his discharge from the army he moved with his family
to Monmouth, Maine, where he was among the first settlers. He held sev-
eral positions of trust in the plantation, among them that of plantation clerk.
It was subsequently found that the land upon which he had settled belonged
to General Dearborn, who then bought out his improvements, giving him a
note in payment, worded as follows:

Wales, .Maine, June 27, 1783.

For value received I promise to pay Hugh Mulloy the sum of fifty Spanish milled dol-
lars, by the loth day of October, 1784, until paid. (Signed)

Henry Dearborn'.

Upon selling out his interest in Monmouth, Mr. Mulloy settled in Litch-
field upon land now owned by Warren R. Buker, by the side of Pleasant
Pond, where he made his home for more than thirty years. He was fre-
quently moderator of the town meetings and also a member of the school
board and took a lively interest in education. In 18 17 he moved to a point
near Williamsburg, Clermont county, Ohio, where he ever after made his
home until his decease, July i r, 1845. At the time of his death he was the
last commissioned officer of the regular Continental army, and as such his
portrait was painted by Frankenstein, the celebrated artist.

One of Lieutenant Mulloy's sons, David, born in 1779, married Mary
Stevens and lived in Litchfield until 18 17, when he moved to Ohio and
shortly afterward ro the distant Oregon, where he was lost trace of. One of
David's daughters, Mary, widow of Elisha Burgess, has recently died, in

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 045

Caribou, Maine, at an advanced age. Another daughter, Lucinda, married
Elijah Closson, and has a daughter living in Augusta, Maine, now Mrs.
Charles Bennett. John, the second son of Hugh, was born August 27, 1783,
and died in 1807. James, the third son, was born in 1788 and died in his
youth. Thomas, the fourth son, moved to Ohio \\ith his father and was a
prosperous farmer, who died leaving a large number of respectable
descendants.

Of the daughters of Piugh Mulloy, Abigail, the eldest, was born in 17S1,
married first David Colson and lived in Bath, and secondly Jeremiah Norton,
who was a resident of Webster, Maine. One of her children was James M.
Colson, who for so many years, until his death, was an honored and respected
citizen of Gardiner, was lieutenant of Company C, Third Maine, and for
many 5'ears city marshal of Gardiner. Catherine, the second daughter, born
in 1786, married Samuel Herrick and moved to Ohio. After his decease she
married William Bowler and lived in Indiana. Hannah, the third daughter,
born July 3, 1790, married Hon. Ebenezer Herrick, then residing at Bow-
doinham. Mr. Herrick was a school-teacher and the first principal of Mon-
mouth Academy. He was a representative to the general court of Massa-
chusetts and a member of the constitutional convention in Portland in 1819,
from Bowdoinham. Soon afterward he moved to Lewiston, where he was
for so many years a resident. From 1821 to 1827 he was a member of con-
gress from Lewiston district and subsequently a member of the Maine senate.
One of his sons, Anson,^ was a prominent editor and a member of congress
from New York cit}'. Another son is Hugh Mulloy Herrick, now editor of
the Hackensack Republican, at Hackensack, New Jersey. Priscilla, the
fourth daughter, married a neighbor's son, Benjamin Ring, of Litchfield. He
was a merchant in Hallowell, Maine, and while returning with a vessel of
goods from Boston in the fall of 1814, the vessel and all on board were lost.
hi 18 1 5 Mrs. Ring moved to Clermont county, Ohio, married Rev. Daniel
Parker, and with her husband and son was instrumental in founding Cler-
mont Academy, one of the leading educational institutions in Ohio. Martha,
the fifth and last daughter, was born in 1796, went to Ohio with her father,
became the wife of William Sherwin, and while living in Ohio was a near
neighbor to and an intimate acquaintance of the family of Jesse R. Grant at
the time of the birth of Ulysses S., who became the most noted hero of the
world.

BENJAMIN BRANSON BEESON.

For generations the Beeson family has been identified with the Society
of Friends and noted for sterling qualities. Patriotic and loyal to the govern-
ment, strongly in favor of peace, right and justice, and faithful in the dis-

646 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

charge of every duty devolving upon them, whether in their pubHc or
domestic relations, they have embodied the ideal citizen of this great republic.

Benjamin Branson Beeson, one of the most prominent men in Wayne
county, is a worthy representative of his family, which, as old records show,
was founded .in the United States by two brothers of the name who accom-
panied William Penn to the colony in Pennsylvania. One brother settled in
Philadelphia, and the other, from whom our subject is descended, went to
Guilford county. North Carolina. Benjamin 15eeson, the grandfather of the
latter, was born in Randolph county. North Carolina, about 1765, a son of
Isaac Beeson. In 1786 the marriage of Benjamin Beeson and Margaret
Hockett was celebrated, and in 1826 they removed to Wayne county,
Indiana, locating about a mile south of Franklin. Of their ten children who
lived to maturity, five sons and three daughters eventually emigrated to this
county, and, though most of them left children, only two, our subject and
his cousin, Lewis Beeson, are left to represent the name in this county. The
five sons were: Isaac W., Benjamin F., Ithamar, Dr. Silas Beeson, the
first physician of Dalton township; and Charles, who came here with his
parents. The daughters were Hannah, who married Seth Hinsshaw, and
located in Greensboro, Henry county, Indiana; Margaret, who became the
wife of Jesse Baldwin; Ruth, who married James Maulsby;and Rachel, who
died unmarried. The father attained an advanced age and lies buried at the
side of his wife in West River cemetery, two and a half miles east of Dalton. ♦

Isaac W. Beeson, the eldest son of Benjamin and Margaret Beeson, was
born in Randolph county, North Carolina, December 19, 1789. Physically
he was of medium size, with fair complexion, dark hair and light-brown eyes.
Of a frame none too robust, he nevertheless endured the numerous privations
and hardships incident to frontier life, and lived to the advanced age of
eighty-two years. He was a student by nature, quiet and thoughtful, and in
his early manhood taught several terms of school, successfully. Later he
learned the wheelwright's trade, which he pursued to some extent throughout
life. He possessed great determination and industry, and one rule which he fol-
lowed, that of saving at least one hundred dollars a year from his earnings
(and that at a time when money was especially scarce), is worthy of the
emulation of all young men. His favorite brother, William, a man of fine
business talent, and large and varied financial interests throughout North and
South Carolina and Virginia, and subsequently to his death Isaac W., was
occupied for about four years in settling his estate.

"All the world loves a lover," and one of the most pleasant things in
the life of Isaac Beeson was his lifelong devotion to the woman who finally
became his wife. As young people they were fondly attached to each other,
but, owing to some opposition on the part of relatives, their marriage was

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 047

postponed from time to time. In the spring of 1822 Isaac Beeson started
for Waj'ne county, Indiana, vvitli a small outfit, which served him for many
such journeys between his old and new homes. It consisted of a horse and
rustic cart, a skillet, a small iron pot for boiling vegetables, a tin pan or two
and a few pewter dishes. He usually traveled alone, sleeping nights in his
cart, the trip taking seven or eight weeks. Upon his arrival here he made
several entries of land, including two hundred and forty acres of the home-
stead in Dalton township, now owned by the subject of this article. Here
he made his headquarters, and here his death took place nearly half a cen-
tury later. The autumn of 1822 found him on the return journey to the
south, where he worked at his trade until 1828, when, there being a great
wave of immigration into Indiana, he came with the tide and entered "con-
gress " land in various parts of the state. Again he went back to the home
of his childhood, to which he finally bade a last farewell in the spring of 1833,
casting in his lot with the people of the Hoosier state. He located near
Franklin, Wayne county, where his father and several brothers were living,
the firm of Beeson Brothers having already become widely known. The
three brothers who were in this partnership were S. H., Benjamin Franklin
and Ithamar, and among their numerous enterprises were the running of a
gristmill, a tannery and a general mercantile business. The town which
sprang into being as the result of their industry and enterprise was widely
known as Beeson town in honor of the family, and everything was in a most
flourishing condition when the great financial crashes of 1837 came and swept
away the fortune and prospects of the little community. Isaac W. Beeson
lost heavily on securities, but he was not disheartened, and ere many years
had passed he had retrieved his fortunes.

Through all these years the attachment between Isaac \\'. Beeson and
Mary Branson had continued, and at last, in the fall of 1837, she left her
girlhood's home and manj' sincere friends in the sunny south and set out on
the long journey to become the wife of the man she loved. They were mar-
ried near Green's Fork, in this county, on the 27th of Februar}-, 1838. In
less than thirteen years thereafter, Mrs. Beeson was summoned to the better
land, and though he survived her a score of years, the devoted husband
remained true to her memory and never married again. Her death took
place October 10, 1851, and on the 26th of November, 1871, he was laid to
rest by her side in the Friends' burying ground at Nettle Creek.

In religious faith Mr. Beeson was liberal, as might be expected of a man
of his deep and broad views of life, his cherished hope being that some daj-
the human brotherhood would be united on the central principles of Chris-
tianity, each reserving for himself the right of private judgment on minor
forms and points. Needless to say, that he was strongly opposed tc slavery

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and all forms of t\ranny and injustice, and in common with those of his sect
did not favor resorting to law, whether as individuals or as nations, but rather
the submitting' of all points of disagreement to arbitration. That he was a
man of broad thought and an able writer, is amply demonstrated by manu-
scripts which he penned at various times on divers subjects. He was, so far as
known to the compilers of this sketch, the original " Greenbacker " (not fiatist),
for along in the '50s he earnestly advocated the issue of all paper mone}' by
the government, to be made equivalent to the coin money then in circulation,
and the interest and profits to be applied to public improvements and the
reduction of taxes.

Benjamin Branson Beeson, the only child of Isaac W. and Mary (Bran-
son) Beeson, was born on the old homestead which he now owns and carries
on, March 17, 1S43. He has always given his chief energies to farming and
stock-raising, and owns some eleven hundred acres of fine land, four hundred
of which are comprised within the home place. He is public-spirited, and
to him, perhaps, more than to any other person in his township, is the com-
munity indebted for the excellence of its highwaj's. He has given consider-
able time, money and influence to their improvement, being specially inter-
ested in the Dalton turnpike. When the company was organized in 1876,
he became its secretary and treasurer, and he has served in similar capacities
for many }ears for the Hagerstown & Bluntsville Turnpike Company. He
was a charter member of the Nettle Creek Grange, which he represented oft-
times in the county council and in the State Grange, and though the
influence of that bod}' has declined it has exercised a lasting influence for
good upon this generation of farmers. It has been largely superseded by
the modern agricultural societies, and in 1880 Mr. Beeson assisted in form-
ing what is known as the Wayne, Henry & Randolph Counties Agricultural
Association, of which he was president for twelve years. He upholds
churches and schools and all worthy institutions and methods of elevating the
people, taking an active part in the political and moral questions of the day.
He greatly admired President Lincoln and gave his support to General Grant
at his first presidental election to office. For six years, from 1891 to 1897,
he ably conducted the Richmond Enterprise, which attained wide circulation
and won the most favorable notice of the public and contemporary journals.
The columns of the paper strongly reflected his views on the prohibition of the
liquor traffic, and it is conducted in the same lines by its present owner, the
Rev. DeVore, to whom Mr. Beeson sold the journal in 1897, owing to other
pressing business cares.

On the 14th of October, 1865, the marriage of Mr. Beeson and Miss
Olinda Lamb, a daughter of Thomas and Elvira (Finch) Lamb, was solem-
nized. Mrs. Beeson was born in Clay township, Wayne county, in 1841,

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and by her marriage she is the mother of four children, namely: Isaac
Francis, born August 13, 1866; Mary Lenora, born January 23, 1868, and
now the wife of J. C. Ta}'lor, of Dalton; and Edward Orton and Frederick
Loten, twins, whose birth occurred July 3, 1877. The family are identified
with the Society of Friends, following the example of generations of their
forefathers, keeping ever in view the responsibilities and duties of life that
rest upon them as individuals.

JOSIAH REYNOLDS.

Josiah Reynolds, of Dublin, Wajaie county, is a citizen of worth and
integrit}', and for a quarter of a century he has been identified with the inter-
ests of this place. His parents, Daniel and Margaret (Morris) Reynolds, were
born in the same year, 1S05; the former died in 1889 and the latter in 1879.
Mr. Reynolds was a man of prominence in his community, and for years was
prominently and intimately connected with the development and prosperity
of Dudley township, Henry county, Indiana. For several terms he served
as township trustee and in other local offices, and for years elections were
held at his house, while he was living on a farm.

josiah Reynolds, born September 29, 1838, near Hopewell, Henry
county, is one of eleven children, si.x of whom are living. In the order of
birth they were named as follows: Mary, Milton, Morris, Thomas, Phcebe,
Josiah, Anna, Benjamin, Henry, Is.iac and Martha. Four of tl\e sons, Mil-
ton, Thomas, Henry and Isaac, were volunteers in the civil war. Thomas
and Henry died while in the service; Milton is now a resident of Rocky Ford,
Colorado; and Isaac went to the Indian Territory after the war and subse-
quently lived in Kansas, where he died.

The early years of our subject passed uneventfully upon the old home-
stead, until he reached his majority, when he was married. At one time he
was engaged in carrying on a mercantile business in Dublin, but not finding
it a profitable undertaking he later operated a sawmill, with better financial
success. Then he turned his energies to the real-estate and insurance busi-
ness, and now represents the following companies: the Northwestern Mutual
Life; the Home, of New York; the Phoenix, of Brooklyn; and various acci-
dent companies. In 1875 h<2 was elected to the office of justice of the
peace, but declined to serve; was appointed notary public in 1890, and is
still acting in that capacity, and has filled the position of township assessor
several terms. Politically he is an ally of the Republican party.

On the 20th of June, 1859, there was performed a marriage ceremony
by which the destinies of Josiah Reynolds and Lucretia Macy, a daughter of
James and Anna Macy, were united. Their son and only child, Will H.
Reynolds, went to the Pacific slope a few years ago, and has since been a-ct-

650 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

ively engaged in various enterprises there. In 1890 he located in Seattle,
Washington; two years ago proved some important mining claims; built the
first hotel in Cascade City, British Columbia, where twelve others are being
carried on at present, and has extended his business investments to Spokane,
San Juan de Faca and other points. He is now in British Columbia, and is
prosperincj jn his numerous enterprises. He possesses the qualities which
rarely fail to bring success, and a promising future is opening before him.

JAMES B. ALLEN, M. D.

Numbered among the leading professional men of Cambridge Cit\',
Wayne county, is Dr. J. B. Allen, whose residence here dates back to
October, 1S97. The eldest of the four children of Jacob and Martha
(Brown) Allen, he was born on the old family homestead, in Jefferson town-
ship, Wayne county, in 1844. His father is living, making his home in
Hagerstown, with his daughter Carrie. He is now well advanced in years;
the mother of the Doctor died in i8gi, when in her seventy-third year. The
only sister of the Doctor is Carrie, wife of George Fulkerson, and the two
brothers are Lewis C. and Thomas B., and all are residents of this count}'.

Dr. Allen supplemented his common-school education by a course of
study in the Hagerstown Academy, and later he attended Delaware Uni-
versity. Then for some time he engaged in teaching, being employed in
the schools of Williamsburg, Milton, Centerville and Decatur, Indiana, as
superintendent. He has been agent of the Adams Express Company at
Hagerstown since 1886, and since 1878 he has been connected with the firm
of Allen & Company, druggists, of the same town. Having pursued the
study of medicine, and graduating in the Ohio Medical College, at Cincin-
nati, in 1 88 1, he established himself in practice in Hagerstown, where he
continued actively engaged in professional work until his removal to Cam-
bridge City, a year and a half ago. He served as a township trustee for five
years in succession, and was a member of the pension board during Cleve-
land's last administration. Though exercising the right of franchise, as
every citizen should, he has never devoted much time to politics.

On Christmas day, 1872, Dr. Allen and Miss Ellen Starr were united in
marriage, and one child, Harry S., blesses their union. Mrs. Allen is a lady
of excellent education and culture, and is a daughter of John and Mary
(Jamison) Starr, of Centerville.

OLIVER FERGUSON.

A prominent citizen of Milton, Wayne county, the subject of this article
is a worthy scion of one of the foremost pioneer families of eastern Indiana.
From the early days of this century the Fergusons have materially aided in

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the development of the county, helpinij to place it on a stable basis and to
maintain the order and goDd government which it has enjoyed from the first.

The father of our subject, Linville Ferguson, whose history is given at
some length elsewhere in this volume, has spent almost his entire life in this
region, as he was brought here when but six months old. He was born in
North Carolina, August 17, 18 15, a son of Micajah and Frances ( Isbell) Fer-
guson, the former born in 1793, and the latter in 1791, in the same state.
Micajah was a son of Thomas Ferguson, whose ancestors emigrated from
Scotland to Virginia, and thence removed to Wilkes county. North Carolina,
in the early part of the eighteenth century. Frances Ferguson was a daugh-
ter of Tnomas Isbell, of English descent, and a hero of the Revolutionary
war, in which he enlisted at eighteen years of age and served for five years.
In the spring of 1816' Micajah Ferguson, with his wife and three children,
emigrated to Indiana. They located upon wild land situated about three
miles south of Milton, and there the next few years were filled with the most
arduous kind of toil, as it was no eas}' task to hew the forests of heavy tim-
ber and to prepare the ground for cultivation. In the course of time, how-
ever, much was accomplished by the sturdy frontiersman and his boys, and
they turned their attention to the raising and feeding of live stock, which
found ready market in Cincinnati. As stated, the three eldest children,
Matilda, Horton and Linville, were born in the south, but the others were
natives of this county. Matilda became the wife of Joel Hiatt; Salena
wedded C. Saxton, and after his death Joseph Caldwell; Savanna was the
wife of I. B. Loder; and Jane, born in 1833, died in 1841. The younger sons
were Levingston; Finley, now of Kansas; Sanford, born in 1828, and died in
1833; Kilby, who is a minister of the Christian church; and Olive, born in 1S35
and died in 1854. The father departed this life in 1866 and the mother died
October 23, 1871.

For forty years Linville Ferguson was actively engaged in the raising,
buying and selling of cattle and hogs, being recognized as an expert in that
line, and for some years he was connected with a flourishing pork-packing
establishment in Connersville. In his early manhood he was a veritable
athlete, it being his pride that he could split more rails in a day than any
other man of the locality, and indeed one day he turned out one thousand
rails! In 1870 he assisted in the organization of the National Bank of Cam-
bride City, with which institution he was associated for twenty-three years,
fifteen years of that time being president of the concern. For twenty years
he was trustee of his township, ten years by election and ten years by appoint-
ment ; and here, as in everything which he undertook, he was found thoroughly
reliable and trustworthy. In addition to this, he served most creditably for
three years as one of the county commissioners, and, though nominated sev-

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eral times on the Democratic ticket for the legislature, was defeated on
account of the large Republican majorities in his district. Financially he
was verv successful, and besides enjoying a large bank account and owning
valuable property, he has divided fifteen hundred acres of land among his
children. In 1883 he retired and has lived in a commodious residence which
he had built upon a tine eight-acre tract of land which he purchased, the
place adjoining Milton.

The wife of Linville Ferguson was Elizabeth Loder in her girlhood, her
parents being John and Isabel (Ringland) Loder. He was born in Essex
county. New Jerse}', August 10, 1780, and she on the 31st of May, 1785.
They were married in 1806, and in 18 15 came to what now is Fayette
county, Indiana. He voted for delegates to the first Ohio constitutional
convention, and to the first similar convention in this state. He died in
1863, and his wife's death occurred five years later.

Oliver Ferguson, born in Posey township, Fayette county, February 5,
1840, is the eldest son of Linville Ferguson and wife. His youngest brother,
Charley, is carrying on the old homestead, and the other brother, Elmer,
died at the age of twelve years. The sisters are Mrs. Savanna Munger and
Mrs. Emma Thornburg. The boyhood of our subject was spent in the usual
vocations of farmer lads, a portion of his time being given to the acquisition
of an education in the schools of the district. When he reached his majority
he was so thoroughly reliable and successful as an agriculturist that his father
allowed him to undertake the management of one of his farms. He con-
tinued to devote much of his attention to farming until 1879, when he
removed to Milton and engaged in the implement business, in which he had
been financially interested for some years. He bought stock in the factory
where these implements were manufactured and also owned a large amount
of stock in the Hoosier Drill Company. After all of the Milton factories
had been closed, he engaged in the sale of implements and fertilizers more
extensively than ever, employing two traveling salesmen for a number of
years. At present he is merely interested in the sale of fertilizers and in
attending to his three finely improved farms. P'ormerly he was very success-
ful in the raising and feeding of live stock, though he was never so exten-
sively engaged in that line of business as was his father. Fraternally, he is
an Odd Fellow and politically is a Democrat.

Having made a success of life from a financial point of view, Mr. Fer-
.guson is practically retired and enjoys his attractive home which he built in
Milton. The residence is of brick, is furnished with modern improvements
and luxuries, and is ever hospitably open to the reception of friends. The
first marriage of Mr. Ferguson was solemnized in 1863, when Miss Martha
F., daughter of Cyrus and Catherine (Hunt) Wallace, became his bride.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. (353.

The father, born Ma}^ 19, 1817, was a son of John and Mary (Banks)
Wallace, and was a direct descendant of William \Vallac:i, who emigrated
from Scotland to Virginia about 1730. C^'rus Wallace was a typical western
pioneer, and after he came to the wilds of Indiana he developed an excellent
farm and owned nearly four hundred acres at the time that he retired. He
is passing his last years in Milton, where he is greatly esteemed and loved.
His wife, to whom he was married in 1843, was a daughter of John Hunt,
of North Carolina. He was a gunsmith by trade, and after he came to this
state in 181 1 his services were in great demand, especially b}' the Indians,
and later by the settlers during the troubles with the red men. His children
were named William, Wilson, John, Labona, Salina and Catherine. To the
union of Cyrus Wallace and wife but two daughters were born: Mary, who
married J. S. Baker; and Martha F. The latter, who was the wife of our
subject, became the mother of two children: Luella, who is the wife of O. L.
Beeson, a prosperous young farmer; and Rossie B., wife of Homer Newman,
a traveling salesman. Mrs. Martha Ferguson was called to the silent land
March 12, 1886.

The present wife of Mr. Ferguson was formerly Miss Lucinda Dungan,
who comes of one of the honored pioneer families of Fayette county. Their
marriage was celebrated July 25, 1888. Mrs. Ferguson, who was born April
I, 1849, is a daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Chambers) Dungan, and grand-
daughter of Isaac Dungan, who was one of the earl)' settlers of Fayette
county. His children, who were reared in the strict Presbyterian faith, were:
Mrs. Elizabeth Petro; Mrs. Ada Reese; Wilson, of Huntington county;
Joseph and Magdalene, who never married; and all of that generation have
passed to their reward. Mrs. Ferguson's father was engaged in farming until
he retired, some time prior to his death in 1897, '-^^^ the wife and mother
survived him only two weeks. She came from one of the families that first
arrived in this territory, and her father often sought protection from the
Indians in the block-house, one of his children, indeed, being born within the
' crude fortress. Three of his daughters married men by the name of Dungan,
and the fourth became the wife of a Mr. Rhodes. B. F., the only son, was
a farmer by occupation. The only brother of Mrs. Ferguson is William, a
resident of Connersville. Her sisters are Mrs. Minerva Cline, Mrs. Margaret
Smith, Mrs. Ada Thomas, Matilda, who is unmarried, Mrs. Alice Kidd, and
Martha and Josephine, deceased. The parents were members of the Primi-
tive Baptist church, to which Mrs. Ferguson also belongs. She is a lady of
superior education, and for twenty-five years she was actively engaged in
teaching, having as pupils many of the now promising young men of the
counties of Fayette, Wayne and Huntington, where she had charge of
schools.

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FLORANCE R. BEESON.

Florance R. Beeson, a well known boot and shoe merchant at Conners-
ville, Indiana, is descended from families which have been prominent in
Indiana, in the south and in the east for many generations. He is a son of
Munford G. and Louisa J. (Harvey) Beeson and v;as born in Wajme county,
Indiana, October 5, 1857. Munford G. Beeson was a son of Hon. Othniel
-and Elizabeth (\\'issler) Beeson. Othniel Beeson was a son of Benjamin
Beeson, Jr., and his wife Dorcas, //rV Starbuck. Louisa J., /n'c- Harvey,
mother of F. R. Beeson, was a daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Harvey,
and was born Januar}- 12, 1836. Benjamin Beeson was born in Nortfi
Carolina and died in Indiana, March i, 1852. His wife Dorcas, /u'e Star-
buck, also a native of North Carolina, died in October, 1872. Othniel Bee-
son was born in North Carolina, -May 7, 181 3, and died at his home in
\\'ayne county, Indiana, October 10, 1897. His wife, Elizabeth Wissler,
was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, February 15, 181 5, and is yet
living on the FJeeson homestead. The early history and much of the gene-
alogy of the families of Beeson and Harvey appear in the biographical sketch
of Marquis D. Beeson, which is included in this work. The article men-
tioned contains much of interest covering Benjamin Beeson, Jr., and his
wife and this family. Benjamin Beeson, Jr., was a son of Richard; Richard
was a son of Isaac; Isaac was a son of Richard, and this Richard was a son
•of Edward Beeson, who was born and reared in Lancashire, England, and
was a member of the original Society of Friends founded by George Fox,
and in 1682 joined the colony of William Penn in Pennsylvania.

Benjamin, Jr., first came to Indiana in 1813 and entered government
land three and a half miles south of Milton. The next year he settled on it
and began its improvement. Jacob and Barbara Wissler, whose daughter
Elizabeth became the wife of Hon. Othniel Beeson, son of Benjamin Bee-
son, Jr., came with their family from Pennsylvania, in 1825. They were of
Holland, Dutch and German extraction and in religious affiliation were
Mennonites. Mr. Wissler, who was a prosperous farmer, died a few years
after the settlement of the family in Indiana. They had five children, named
John, Jacob, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Barbara. John died at Milton, Jacob
at Arcadia and Benjamin in Iowa. Barbara is living in Kansas. Elizabeth
married Othniel Beeson in 1835 and is now eighty-four years old. They had
four children: Munford G.; Helena (not married); Barbara, who became the
wife of F. Y. Thomas, a prominent farmer and one of the commissioners of
Fayette county, and died August 24, 1899; and Amanda, not married.

Hon. Othniel Beeson was inured to pioneer life from childhood. His
-education was limited because local educational facilities were limited when

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 655

he was of the school age as the law now defines it. But he grew up and
ripened into a man of broad-minded intelligence, — a grand, honest man who
did credit to the name of Beeson, which has not been sullied in the three cen-
turies of its known history. After his marriage he opened up a large farm
which he improved and upon which he lived during the remainder of his life-
time. He was especially successful as a stockman and much of his land was
devoted to grazing. Reared a Democrat, he was bitterly opposed to slavery
in the United States, and when he found that he could not oppose that evil
successfully in his old party he joined hands with the Republicans and was
one of the early and aggressive leaders of that party in Indiana, helping it
with his means and his pen, and going forth as a public speaker to do battle
for the right as it was revealed to him. He was delegate to the state con-
stitutional convention and later represented his district in the state senate.
When he died the country lost one of the best and greatest citizens in all its
history.

Hon. jSI. G. Beeson, oldest son of Hon. Othniel Beeson, was born in
Fayette county, Indiana, January 9, 1835, ^^^d died May 16, 1883. Eight
weeks later his widow died. He was reared and educated here arid achieved
material success as a farmer. He early became interested in questions of
public moment, was an active and progressive Republican and gained great
influence in his party. His voice was heard in conventions and during the
active work of many campaigns. He represented his county in the legisla-
ture and made a fine record which would have assured him still higher polit-
ical honors had not his career been cut short by untimely death. Two chil-
dren were born to him: Florance R. Beeson and his sister Lulu, wife of Dr.
J. E. King, a prominent physician of Centerville, Indiana.

Florance R. Beeson, born on the old Beeson homestead, in Wayne
county, Indiana, remained there until his marriage to Miss Kate Richmond,
October 9, 1878, when he accepted the position of station agent at Beeson
Station. Mrs. Beeson, a lady of much intelligence and many accomplish-
ments, is a daughter of George A. and Jeanette C. (Warren) Richmond.
Captain G. A. Richmond, youngest son of Jonathan and Mary B. Richmond,
was born in Butler county, Ohio, September 29, 1825, and was educated in
the common schools. In 1846 he enlisted as a private in Company H,
Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, and in 1847 ^^as commissioned captain
of that compan}' and he held the commission until the close of the Mexican
war. In 1849 he was appointed by Commissioner John B. Weller assistant
commissioner to establish the boundary line between the United States and
Mexico. In 1852 he located in Franklin county, Indiana, where he became
a dry-goods merchant. September 10, 1853, he married Jeanette C, daugh-
,ter of Alexander R. and Charlotte Warren, of Franklin county, Indiana, who

656 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

bore him three children: Kate (Mrs. F. R. Beeson); Mary E., who died in
infanc}-; and Lottie, wife of Mark Beeson, of Wayne county, son of Bezaleel
Beeson. Mark Beeson died January 25, 1888, his wife in 1879, leaving one
son, George R. Beeson, who is being reared by Mrs. Richmond and is
employed as salesman in the shoe store of F. R. Beeson, at Conners-
ville, Indiana.

In 1855 Captain Richmond and his family removed to Burlington, Iowa,
In 1S37 they returned to Franklin county, Indiana, and in 1864 moved upon
a farm in Wayne county, which the Captain had purchased. In 1881 he
sold this farm and the family removed to another in Fayette county, which
he had acquired. They remained there ten years, and in 1891 Captain
Richmond retired from active business and located with his family at Con-
nersville. There he died. May 7, 1895. Mrs. Richmond is now (1899)
sixty-two years old and in a phj'sical condition favorable to longevity. She
receives a pension on account of service rendered by Captain Richmond in
the Mexican war. Captain Richmond was a business man of more than
ordinary ability, was successful as a farmer as well, and left a good estate.
For seventeen years he was station agent at Beeson Station. Politically he
was a lifelong Democrat.

F. R. Beeson, who is a capable telegrapher and proved himself an active
and trustworthy agent at Beeson Station, had charge of the railway interests
there 1878-90, and resigned the position to remove to Connersvilie, where
during the ensuing year he filled a similar position in connection with the
Big Four system. In 1891 he engaged in the shoe trade, in which he has
been successful, and his store has grown to goodly proportions. He has
profitable farming interests also, and is popularly regarded as a pushing, pro-
gressive, honorable business man who has done and is doing well and has a
good future. Mr. and Mrs. Beeson have had three children: Lottie, who
died in infancy; Hugh R., born December i, 1885; and A. Wayne, born
August 7, 1887. Mrs. Beeson and her two sons are members of the Presby-
terian church.

ALFRED BLACKLIDGE.

For just half a centurj' Alfred Blacklidge has been engaged in business
in Metamora, during which period he has materially aided in maintaining the
high financial standing of this place. He enjoys a truly enviable reputation
as a merchant and citizen, his honorable, straightforward course in life merit-
ing the commendation of those with whom he has dealings.

Among the first pioneers of P'ranklin county was the paternal grandfather
of our subject, Jacob Blacklidge, who settled in what is now known as
Blooming Grove township in 181 3. He was a native of Virginia, his birth

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having occurred August 17, 1770, and when he arrived at man's estate he
emigrated to Kentucky, where he spent a few years, prior to his removal ro
this county. Here he cleared a farm in the forest and made a comfortable
home for his family. A typical frontiersman, he endured hardships to which
his descendants are utter strangers, yet without a murmur' of complaint, and
helped to pave the way for the prosperity and civilization which followed.
Late in life he settled in Rush county, where his death took place December
13, 1849, and within a month his faithful wife joined him in the spirit world,
her death occurring January 7. 1850, when she was nearly seventy-eight
5'ears of age. Both are sleeping their last sleep in the peaceful cemeterj- at
Metamora. Mrs. Blacklidge was a native of Kentucky, and in her girlhood
bore the name of Charlotte Laville. Of their five sons and a daughter, four
were born before the removal of the famil}- to Indiana, and all have been
summoned to the silent land. They were named as follows: James, Joel,
John, Harvey, Alvin and Drusilla, and each of them married and left chil-
dren.

Harvey Blacklidge, the father of our subject, was the last of his par-
ents' family to pass away. Born in Somerset, Kentucky, September 17,
1S02, he was about eleven years of age when he came to this county, and
here he grew to manhood, sharing the privations and labors necessary in a
new country. After his marriage to Selina Gordon, who was born January
29, 1809, a daughter of William Gordon, he located in Metamora township,
and dwelt upon one farm there until 1857. That year he removed to Decatur
count}', Indiana, where he resided until he was bereft of his wife, who died
September 14, 1868. Returning then to Metamora, he lived with his unmar-
ried daughter, Albina, until his death, February 18, 1889. Another daugh-
ter, Angeline, became the wife of Peter C. Woods and died at her home in
Illinois, several years ago. Albina also died a few years ago. Elizabeth,
the third daughter, married \\'illiam Stout and is a resident of Oklahoma.
W'illiam and John are citizens of Metamora, and Milton lives in Madison
county, Indiana. Henry gave his life to his country during the civil war.
He enlisted as a member of the Eighteenth Regiment of Indiana \'olunteer
Infantry, and was killed in the battle of Foster's Farm, near Richmond, \'ir-
ginia. May 10, 1 864.

Alfred Blacklidge, the eldest of his parents' children, was born on the
old homestead in Metamora township, October 30, 1827. Though he was
reared to agriculturalpursuits, he earl}- decided to enter the mercantile field
of endeavor, and obtained a position as a clerk in a Metamora store in 184S.
Having become thoroughly familiar with the business and having carefully
accumulated a small capital, he invested it in a stock of goods in September,
1861. Since that time, nearly two-score years, he has been one of the

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leading" merchants of the town, just and fair in all his transactions, and
highly esteemed by every one.

In his early njanhood Mr. Blacklidge was united in marriage to Elizabeth
Edgerton, a daughter of Mortimer Edgerton, who with his wife came to
this state from Penn Yan, New York, being numbered among the pioneers
of Laurel township, Franklin county. Four daughters were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Blacklidge, of whom Ella is the wife of William Chidester, of Indian-
apolis; and Miss Kate is at home. Mary became the wife of Dr. E. L. Pat-
terson, and died at their home in Brookville, June 6, 1898. Grace died at
the age of twenty-six years. Mrs. Blacklidge and daughters are active mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church.

One of the oldest Odd Fellows in Indiana. }>[r. Blacklidge joined the
order on the 5th of April, 1S49, only ten days after the Protection Lodge was
organized, that event having taken place March 24. In his political convic-
tions he is a Republican. A high standard of morality and elevated princi-
ples have always governed the actions of this worthy citizen, and he may
well be proud of the fact that he has never tasted liquor nor tobacco in any
form. His example, in ever}' particular, might well serve as a model to the
younger generation, who are soon to take the places so long and honorably
tilled by those of his own.

E. R. HASTINGS.

The Hastings family, which is represented in Cambridge City, ^Vayne
county, b}- the subject of this sketch, is one of the oldest in this section of
Indiana. Aaron Hastings, the father of E. R. Hastings, was born near
Richmond, Wayne county, in 180S, and the greater part of his life was spent
•within the count}' boundaries. He died at his home in Dublin, in 1S89,
mourned by a large circle of friends. His faithful, loving wife, whose maiden
name had been Christina Reese, survived him a few years, dying in 1897, at
the advanced age of eighty-four. She was a native of North Carolina, and
her father, John Reese, was one of the early pioneers of Henry county,
Indiana. He possessed considerable land there, and the original deed,
siijned bv Andrew Jackson, now belongs to our subject, who recently trans-
ferred a portion of the old estate to other parties.

The birth of E. R. Hastings occurred in 1835, ''^ Henry county,
Indiana, on the parental homestead, where his boyhood da}s were spent.
His education was acquired in the common schools of the period, and was
supplemented by private reading and study. His early manhood was devoted
to agriculture, and during the four years following 1868 he carried on a farm
in Washington township, Wayne county. He then engaged in the mercan-
tile business in Cambridge City, and still devotes himself to this enterprise.

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He is systematic and uses excellent judgment in the management <>{ his
affairs, endeavoring" to meet the wishes of his patrons, and meriting the high
reputation which he bears as a man of his word, just and reliable.

On the 3d of September, 1857, Mr. Hastings married Sarah E. Edger-
ton, a daughter of William Edgerton, of Richmond, Indiana. They have
had five children, a son and four daughters, namely: A'N'illiam E., who is in
the grocery business on JNlain street, Richmond, Indiana; Emma, wife of
\Valter Smith, of Memphis, Tennessee; Anna, wife of C. T. \\"right, of this
place; Eva, wife of Edward Paul; and Bertha, who is at home.

ISAAC BALLINGER.

A native of Logan county, Ohio, born June 10, 1S20, a son of Samuel
and Ann (Walker) BalHnger, the subject of this article is now approaching
four-score years, and is living retired in the town of Liberty, where he is an
honored citizen. His father was born in Burlington county. New Jersey, and
after his marriage removed to Ohio, about 180S, and lived and died on his
old homestead in Logan county, his death occurring when he was nearly sev-
ent\"-iive. His father, Samuel Ballinger, Sr. , a member of the Societ}- of
Friends, came from Birmingham, England, to America prior to the Revolu-
tionary war. The family originated in France, whence it was banished at
the time of the persecution of the Huguenots. Rev. Thomas Ballinger, a
brother of Isaac, was a very popular minister of the Universalist church and
was a public speaker of high repute. At various times he held public
debates, chaining the attention of his hearers and causing them to believe that
few could equal him. He died in his eightieth year, in June, 1898, in
Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he had made his home for years.

When he was nineteen years old Isaac Ballinger left home and for two
3'ears or more worked in Preble count}-, Ohio. Then, coming to Union
county, he engaged in threshing grain, using a machine which had a capacitv
of seventy-five to one hundred bushels a day, was a one-horse power and had
an endless chain attached to the cylinder. The winnowing had to be done
separately by hand. Having gained a start in a financial way Mr. Ballinger
began farming in Harrison township, in Union county, Indiana, on the home-
stead now owned by his son: coming thither in 1S41 on attaining his major-
ity, he resided there until twenty years ago, when he retired. He has since
dealt in real estate to a limited extent. The farm v.-as formerly the propertv
of Robert Bennett, a native of \'irginia, and father of the lady whom Mr.
Ballinger married. Mr. Bennett, however, had been accidentally killed
before the marriage of Mr. Ballinger, and the latter bought the farm of the
heirs, and added land later, making it a fine place of two hundred and forty
acres. Both farms are now owned and carried on bv his sons.

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On the 15th of August, 1S44, Isaac Ballinger wedded Orinda C. Ben-
nett, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Welden) Bennett. She was born on
the old homestead in Harrison township, and was an orphan at the time she
became acquainted with her future husband. Her father was killed by a
runaway team some years before her mother died in 1S51. J-Ier brother,
Hon. \\'illiam H. Bennett, was a representative in the Indiana legislature
from Union count}^ for several 3-ears, as a \\'hig. He owned a large estate
in Harrison township, but had no family to inherit it. Another brother of
Mrs. Ballinger, Prof. Hampton Bennett, was born Februar}- 2, 1832, and
died at Carlisle, Ohio, June 6, 189S. He graduated at Antioch College, and
was a member of the signal corps (of the Union army of the civil war), for
four years was a famous teacher, and for twenty-nine years was superin-
tendent ot the Franklin (Ohio) schools and occupied similar positions at other
towns. John F. Bennett, a third brother, was the father of General Thomas
Bennett, whose sketch is printed elsewhere in this work. A sister, Maria A.,
is the widow of the late Daniel Maxwell, of Liberty.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Ballinger were as follows: Samuel H.
(see his sketch); Amanda Ellen, wife of William Moss, of Harrison township;
Thomas Corwin, a commercial traveler, of Burlington, Kansas, who has
served in the Kansas state legislature for two terms and was treasurer of
Coffey county for two terms; Albert Allison, who owns one of the farms
above mentioned; William Bennett, who died July 31, 1887, aged thirty-two
vears; Inez, wife of Jackson Stivers, of Fairmont, Indiana; Mary Idella, who
is at home; and two who died in infancy. William B. had been engaged in
merchandising for four years in Franklin, Ohio, and for some years prior to
his death was in business with his brother, Samuel H. His widow, Mrs.
Laura (Young) Ballinger, is now living in Oxford, Ohio.

In his boyhood Isaac Ballinger was reared in the doctrines of the
Quakers, but, as he trained with the militia and refused to acknowledge sor-
row for so doing he was turned out of the society. For many years he has
been a faithful member of the Christian church, and for two-score years has
held the office of deacon. He is an ardent Republican, and once a candidate
for countv treasurer, and has voted for every president from W. H. Harrison
down, with one exception.

SILAS HUDDLLSTON.

The Haddleston family is one of the oldest and most honored in the
United States and England. Ancient documents and records, well authenti-
cated and acknowledged, such as the " Peerage and Gentry of England," state
that the Huddlestons come from the same stock as Rollo, the Danish pirate
chief, who turned reformer and was the Duke of Normandy in 922, and that

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. GOl

the Danish blood of Rolloand the Huddlestons has flowed through the veins
of allthe kings and queens who have reigned in England since the Norman
conquest. The name, with its numerous forms, such as Hudelston, Huddel-
son, Huddlestone, is derived from Hod or Hud I'meaning head;, — this root
being softened by the inflection "el or le" — and ston (stone), and thus
the entire word might be translated, " head-of-stone " or " headstone," or
"head (farthest point; of the quarry." The family was located at Milum
Castle, in Cumberlandshire, in the time of Rollo, and the genealogy there
begins with Adam; John, son of Adam; Richard, son of John; Richard,
son of Richard; and so on, down to the twelfth century, when more
noted names appear, as: Nigel de Hudelston; Sir Gilbert; Richard;
Sir John, who was one of the great council that indited the celebrated
letter to Pope Boniface VHI, in 1301; Richard; Sir John, and Richard.
All of those just mentioned held offices of honor, and were more or less
prominent in public affairs of the Idngdom. Christopher, a brother
of the Richard last named, was associated with him in the wars in France
in the beginning of the fourteenth century. He spelled his surname
Huddlestonne, and after his military career he married and settled in
Paris, in 142 1. Of his descendants in the direct line were Charles; Jean de
lies, who was renowned and lived to the age of one hundred and seven years;
Philo, a minister of the reformed church and cousin to Henrv IV, of
France; Martin, a very wealthy man; Cephas, who was disowned by the fam-
ily for marrying a poor woman, and was, perhaps, the first of the line to earn
his bread " by the sweat of his brow;" Stephen was put to death by the Roman
Catholics; and Nathan, who met a similar fate at the hands of the same
persecutors. Small wonder, then, that the two brothers of Nathan, mourn-
ing his loss and that of their father, and feeling their own lives insecure,
determined to seek a home in the new land of religious toleration, America.
These brothers, William and Eli, came to these hospitable shores in 1758,
bringing with them the fatherless children of Nathan, and from them are
descended the many branches of the family in this country.

David Huddleston, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native
of North Carolina, and was one of the pioneers of Union countv, Indiana.
He married Elizabeth Powell, a native of Tennessee, and most of their
wedded life was happil}' spent on a farm in Union county, whence they
removed to Wayne county in 186S. He died at the age of eighty-nine
years, on the ist of October, 1890, and was followed to the silent land
about a year later by his devoted wife, whose death took place December
16, 1891, when she was in her eighty-tifth year.

Silas Huddleston was born May i, 1828, in Union count}', and is the
eldest of eight children. The others are as follows: Eliza, widow of Henry

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Pickett; Aaron, a resident "of California; Martha, wife of Aquilla Binford, of
Boone county, Indiana; Enos, who died in Cahfornia; Benjamin F., of Seat-
tle, Washington; Lucinda, wife of James Coffin, of Hancock, Indiana; and
EUvood, deceased.

The earl_y years of Silas Huddleston were filled with hard work, as his
father needed assistance in the clearing and development of his frontier farm,
and it was only in the winter season that the lad attended school. Reared
to the life of a farmer, he continued to follow pastoral pursuits, and in 1866
he came to his present home, on the outskirts of Dublin, Wayne county.
Here he purchased a tract of land, of which he has sold sixteen building lots
to citizens of the town, and still retains three acres. He is engaged in the
cultivation of small fruits and vegetables, has a model garden and pleasant
home, and the neat and thrifty appearance of everything about his grounds
bespeaks the constant, careful attention of the owner.

Silas Huddleston and his estimable wife celebrated their golden wedding
on the loth of May, 1899, on which occasion the children, grandchildren and
many other friends and relatives were in attendance. It was a happy gather-
ing and one that will long be remembered. Mrs. Huddleston is the youngest
daughter of Ale.xander and Hannah DuBois, natives of New Jersey and Ohio,
respectively, the father born May 24, 1783, and the mother, October 23, 1786.
They' lived in the Bucke3'e state at a time when it was, in the main, a vast wil-
derness, and in 1 840 they removed to the neighborhood of Salem, Union county,
Indiana, where the father died at the age of eighty-six years. Ten of their
children lived to maturity, namely: John, barn Jul}' 23, 1807; Charlotte,
February 10, iSio; Isaac, March 20, 1812; Jane, April 28, 1814; Isaiah,
October 23, 1816; Katherine, November 12, 1818; Hannah, March 29, 1821;
Lydia, March i, 1823; Alexander, September 17, 1826; and Emily Ann
(Mrs. Huddleston), January 16, 1829.

The children who bless the union of our worthy subject and wife are
Hiram, a dentist, of Maryville, Tennessee; Albert, a physician, of Winches-
ter, Randolph count3^ Indiana; and Rosetta, wife of Charles R. Hill, of
Maineville, Ohio. Dr. Albert Huddleston is connected with several public
enterprises in Winchester, and is a member of the board of health and the
board of the Orphans' Home. Oar subject is a member and a strong sup-
porter of the Friends church. He is genial and social in temperament and
possesses the high regard of all who know him.

MAHLON C. GORDON.

Mahlon C. Gordon, one of the honored residents of Metamora or vicin-
it}' for nearly thrc:e-quarters of a century, is the sole survivor of a familj' of
children which formerly comprised thirteen members, and which is notable

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. (jOy

from the fact that it was one of the first to make a permanent settlement in
this section of Franklin count}-.

William Gordon, the paternal grandfather of our subject, emijjrated from
England to \'irginia in colonial days. In that state he married I\fiss Dued-
worth, whose birth had occurred near Lancaster, England, September 14,
1731, and who came to America with her parents when she wasj'oung. They
took up their abode upon a fine old plantation on the Potomac river, about
thirty miles above Washington, the present capital of this nation. Of the
six children born to William Gordon and wife, William, Jr., and Sarah,
twins, were born after the death of the father. The mother subsequently
sold her plantation and in 1796 removed with her family to Kentucky. Her
last years were spent at the home of her son William, near Metamora, her
death taking place September 12, 1822, when she was in her ninety-second
year.

The birth of William Gordon, Jr., the father of the subject of this article,
occurred in Virginia, August 11, 1779, and when he was about seventeen
years of age he accompanied his mother to the Blue-grass state. In 1S03
he married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Kelle}', an Englishman, who had
come to America as an officer in the army commanded by General Corn-
wallis. Six years after their marriage the young couple mentioned went to
Ohio, where they lived but one year, then coming to Franklin county.
Arriving here in the latter part of 18 10 or the spring of 181 1, Mr. Gordon
was the first person to buy land on Duck creek after the land had been sur-
veyed. He was prominenth' identified with the earl}' settlement of this sec-
tion and was the owner of large estates during his prime. He passed to his
reward September 9, i860, at his home near Metamora; and his wife, Eliza-
beth, died August 28, 1865, aged seventy-six \'ears and three months. Thir-
teen children blessed their union, namely: William, Orville, Selina, Julia
Ann, Eiiza, Emeline, ]\Iilton B., Melvin H., Isabella, Leonidas, Angeline,
Mahlon C. and Chilton T.

As previously stated, Mahlon C. Gordon is the only one of this large
household now living. He was born on his father's farm near Metamora,
February 10, 1826, and in his early manhood he owned a flouring-mill and a
woolen mill below the town, and operated them successfully until iS58,when
the mills were destroyed by fire. Then he removed to the village and started
in business again, owning a flouring-mill here for several years. Finally, dis-
posing of this property, he turned his attention to farming, and now lives
upon and cultivates the old homestead of his wife's father, John McWhorter.
The marriage of Mr. Gordon and Rebecca McWhorter was solemnized Jan-
uary I, 1850, and for almost half a century they have pursued the journey of
life together, loved and respected by all who know them.

OtU BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

GEORGE SCHURMAN.

George Schurman, deceased, is remembered as a public-spirited and
broad-minded man, who did much to advance the best interests of Richmond,
and was a leader in business circles. He was born in Hanover, Germany,
January 5, 1S30, and received his education in the public schools, whose
excellent system is recognized the world over. At an early age he entered
the shop to learn the trade of a cabinetmaker with his father, Henry Schur-
man, who was an expert worker and did much contract work for the nobility
of Germanv. George remained with his father until i860, when he came to
America to make a home and seek his fortune. He stopped in Cincinnati,
where he vainly sought employment, and, with dismay, saw his means fast
disappearing. Not knowing what to do, and unable to secure work, he
decided to enlist as a soldier of the civil war, and wrote his determination to
his father, who at once wrote him words of encouragement, advised him not
to enlist, and inclosed a draft of one hundred dollars. Soon after this he
found employment, and continued at it two years.

In June, 1862, he came to Richmond, Indiana, where he worked at his
trade and carpentering until 1867. Part of the time he was engaged with
Mr. Hutton in the manufacture of sash and doors. He then purchased an
interest in the coffin works, borrowing seven thousand dollars for that pur-
pose. This plant was soon afterward destroyed by fire, and in 1870 the firm
of J. M. Hutton & Company was incorporated. Mr. Schurman was one of
the original stockholders, a director and the foreman of the company, a posi-
tion in which he was retained until 1894, when he retired and was succeeded
by his son, Henry G. He was one of the founders and a lifelong director of
the Richmond city water-works, and also a stockholder in the Richmond
Natural Gas Company. He took a lively interest in everything pertaining
to the public good, and had the welfare of the community ever at heart.

He was married in 1863 to Miss Dorothea Weber, who was born in
Hanover, November 7, 1833, and came to this country in 1861. They were
members of the St. Paul Lutheran church, in which faith they reared their
family and of which he was trustee fof many years. He was called to his
reward April 10, 1S96, and on August 12, 1898, he was joined in the better
land by the faithful wife with whom was passed so many tranquil years. F.ive
children survive them, namely: Anna, Mrs. Edward H. Beggs, who resides
at Boise City, Idaho; Henry G., our subject; George F., a resident of
Columbus, Ohio; Minnie D., the wife of Rev. Lawrence Kuhlman, a Lu-
theran ministet of Boise City, Idaho; and William E., of this city.

Henry G. Schurman was born in this city January 5, 1865, and attended
the public schools until he was seventeen years of age, when he entered the

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. (jCjb

factor_v of |. M. Hutton & Compan_v, where he became thoroughly familiar

with all the details of the business, and upon the retirement of his father in

iS94was placed in charge as foreman. He was elected to the office of

director, made vacant by the death of his father, and was also elected a

director in the Richmond Water Works. He is wide-awake and industrious,

shrewd and clear-sighted, and has been prominently engaged in advancing

the interests of the city. He is a stockholder in the Natural Gas Company,

and also in the Westcott Carriage Company, providing employment for many

men. He has been appointed agent to settle up his father's large estate.

He was married on October 17, 1898, to r^Iiss Florence, daughter of

Charles R. Unthank, sheriff of the county. He and his most estimable wife

reside in the elegantly appointed home he had prepared at No. 132 South

Thirteenth street, where their friends find in them the dispensers of a liberal

hospitalitv.

MARQUIS D. BEESON.

The honored family to which the subject of this biography belongs is
one of the oldest in Wayne count}-, and its numerous representatives have
intermarried with the leading families of eastern Indiana. The name occurs
time and again in this volume, as it necessarily must in any comprehensive
history of this locality, for the reason that the Beesons have been connected
with the founding and development of Wayne and neighboring counties,
taking very important parts in the struggle which reduced the wilderness to
a tlourishing agricultural community. In former generations connected with
the Society of Friends, they seemed to be thoroughly emancipated from its
strict discipline after coming to the north, while at the same time they
retained the noblest principles of the creed and ever have been actuated with
profound regard for the rights of others, and with justice, harmony and love
have striven to work out the problems of life which confronted them.

The persecutions which were endured by the Quakers two or three cent-
uries ago, in England, led to their fleeing to this continent in large numbers,
as in this new and little inhabited land they hoped to find the freedom to
worship God which was denied them by the bigoted people of their native
isle. Among the little bands of emigrants who took refuge in one of the
•colonies of ^^'illiam Penn was one Edward Beeson and wife, of Lancashire,
England. They crossed the ocean in 1682, and after a few years spent in
Pennsylvania they accompanied a colony to Virginia. They had four sons,
— Edward, Richard, Isaac and W^illiam. Richard was born in England,
and to himself and wife. Charity, a son, Isaac, was born in America, Feb-
ruary 3, 1729. This son married a lady whose Christian name was Phcebe,
she having been born December 26, 1733. Their children were named
respectively Benjamin, Rachel, Mary. Samuel, Isaac, Charity, Edward,

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Phoebe, William, Nathaniel and Martha. Air. Beeson went to Delaware
and purchased some land in Newcastle county, a portion of this property
now being included within the corporation of Wilmington. Isaac, son of
Isaac and Phoebe Beeson, went to North Carolina, where his son Benjamin
and grandson, Benjamin, Jr., were born.

The last mentioned, father of the subject of this sketch, had a brother
Isaac who came to Indiana "to spy out the land," in 1S12. He decided to
make a permanent settlement near Richmond, and the following year Benja-
min Beeson, Jr., came here and selected a quarter-section of land, entering
the tract in the land office at Cincinnati, Ohio. A third brother, Thomas,
took up his residence in eastern Indiana in 1S18. Returning to North Car-
olina, Benjamin Beeson, who was a wheelvwight by trade, constructed a sub-
stantial four-horse wagon, in which his household goods and family were
placed and conveyed to the new home in the wilds of Indiana. On the way,
a man in Tennessee was so impressed with the strength and desirability of
the wagon that a bargain was made, whereby he was to become the owner
of the vehicle as soon as the occupants were safely at the end of their jour-
ney. Thus about the first thing which Mr. Beeson did was to return to
Tennessee to deliver the wagon, and made the home trip on horseback.
Building a log cabin on his property, he commenced clearing the land, and
in a short time put up a blacksmith shop, where he pursued his trade when
not otherwise occupied. His nearest neighbors were three or four miles dis-
tant, milling was a tedious task, as the mills were so far away, and grain fre-
quently was taken to Lawrenceburg, on the Ohio river. Neighbors were
kind and accommodating in those days, however, and when one of them went
to town upon business he executed innumerable commissions for the entire
community. Mr. Beeson was one of the most invaluable members of the
pioneer settlement, as he was a natural mechanic and always ready to assist
others in every possible way, was hospitable and anxious to aid strangers in
selecting land and starting new homes, and was highly respected and looked
up to for advice and counsel. From the time that he had cleared his first
ten acres and had raised a crop thereon, success was his, and contentment
and plenty were his portion. All of the woolen and linen clothes needed by
himself and household were spun and woven by his thrifty and industrious
.wife and daughters. Sometimes driving cattle and hogs to Cincinnati, he
disposed of them at good prices, and with the proceeds of such ventures he
bought land, later giving good farms to each of his children. Politically a
Democrat, he was not desirous of holding public office, but was elected and
served as a justice of the peace for a number of years. Deservedh- popular
among his neighbors, they apparently sought for means of expressing their
admiration and high regard for him, and in the early days when he needed

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assistance in the raising of a log cabin or anything of the kind, he never even
notified them of the fact, for they would inquire and when the day came were
present in numbers to render kindly aid. His life was that of a sincere Chris-
tian and when death came he was prepared to depart in peace to the man-
sions above, the inheritance of the good and just. His death, Afarch i, 1852,
when he was sixty-four years of age, was the result of the amputation of one
of his limbs. He was survived some years b}' his widow, Dorcas (Starbuck)
Beeson, who, likewise was a native of North Carolina. After living to see
her children happih' settled in life, she was summoned to her reward, in
October, 1872. Her two eldest children, Bezaleel and Othniel. were born in
the south, while the others were natives of this state. Thev comprised
Templeton; Delilah, wife of John Patterson: Rachel, wife of James Harvey;
Gulelma, wife of William Dick; Cinderella, wife of William Harvey; B. F.,
a prominent farmer of this township; Amanda ?\I., wife of Thomas Emerson;
Marquis D. ; and Charles, who died unmarried in 1852. Only three survive,
— B. F. , Mrs. Dick and our subject.

The birth of Marquis D. Beeson took place in this township, October iS,
1829. Such education as fell to his share was obtained in the subscription
school of his boyhood. He continued to live under the parental roof until
he was twenty-two years of age, when he was married and went to a home
of his own. A small brick house and some clearing were the improvements
upon the farm where he settled, and he energeticall}' set to work to make a
model homestead of the place. In this endeavor he has succeeded, and his
farm, situated two and a half miles south of Milton, is one of the most de-
sirable in this localit}-. A comfortable two-story frame house was built by
the owner and numerous barns and farm buildings afford shelter for his stock
and storage places for the grain and products of the farm. To each of his
children he has given a quarter-section of land or its equivalent, as well as
good educational advantages and business training. His integrity is be^'ond
reproach, and strict rectitude and justice have marked all of his transactions
with his fellow men. Kindliness and generosity are among his chief char-
acteristics, and no one, needy or suffering, has gone from his door unaided
and uncomforted. In his political opinions he is a Democrat, as are most of
his relatives.

The marriage of Mr. Beeson and Miss Ellen Harvej' was celebrated in
1851. Her grandfather, John Harvey, of North Carolina, a life-long mem-
ber of the Friends' church, came to this state at a very earl}' period, settling
nearCenterville. He dealt extensively in live stock and became very wealthy
and influential. Born May 17, 1779, he lived until September 12, 1850.
His wife, Jane (Cox) Harvey, born March 3, 1782, died April 16, 1854. Their
children comprised: Rebecca, wife of G. Newby; Isom, who died in Iowa;

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Benjamin; Aaron, who died in tliis county; Nathan and William C, of Kan-
sas; John P., who died at his home near Centerville; Mary E., wife of
Joseph Jackson; and Mrs. Jane Ray, who died in Cambridge City. A native
of this county, born May 15, 180S, Benjamin Harvey, the father of Mrs.
Beeson, began farming in Washington township, upon land which his father
had entered, and there he improved a valuable homestead and died March
27, 1856, at the age of forty-seven years. Though comparatively young at
the time of his death he had been so industrious and diligent in business that
he owned six hundred acres of land and was on the high road to fortune
when his career was cut short. No man could be more fond of his home and
iamilv than he was, and all of his actions were animated by a strong desire
to benefit those dependent upon him. He married Nancy, daughter of Isaac
and Nancy (Brandon) Sellars, who was of Irish descent and were Protestants,
identified with the Baptist church. Mrs. Nancy Harve}' was born November
I. 1809, in Kentucky, and came to Jacksonburg, Indiana, with her parents
about 18 16. She had four sisters and two brothers, namely; Mrs. Rebecca
Merritt, Mrs. Ruhama Wright, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hastings) Brown, who sur-
vived both of her husbands and is now a resident of Kansas; Isaac, who died
in Madison county; John; and Mar}', wife of R. Burns.

The children of Benjamin and Nanc}' Harve}' were thirteen in number:
Isaacs., born June 20, 1831, died when in his twentieth year; John, born
October 29, 1S32, died in Oklahoma; Ellen, born March 20, 1834, is the
next; Louisa J., born January 12, 1836, married M. G. Beeson, and has
passed to the silent land; Ira, born April 20, 1837, is deceased; Viola, born
January 6, 1839, is the wife of A. Banks; Amanda, born August 19, 1840,
married J. Howard, is deceased; Nancy, wife of E. Wilson, of Indianapolis,
was born May 4, 1843; William O., born November 5, 1845, is deceased;
Granville, born November 7, 1847, is now in California; and Melinda and
Melissa, twins, were born November 14, 1853. The former is the wife of T.
Beeson, and the latter died when young.

To the union of our subject and wife three sons and a daughter were
born: Lycurgus W., February 7, 1856; Lafayette, March 10, 1S58; Welling-
ton, September 6, i860; and Eva, wife of C. Ferguson, June 28 1863. All
are established in homes of their own and are honored and esteemed citizens
of the communities in which their lot is cast.

MOSES RIKER. ^

Mr. Riker is one of the foremost farmers of Franklin county, Indiana,
and has been a life-long resident of that county, residing now near Metamora,
in Brookville township. He was born in February, 1821, in Cedar Grove,
Franklin county, and is the son of Artemus and Jane (Schoonover) Riker.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. W.y

His grandfather was David Riker, of the state of New "\'ork, who was taken
seriously ill while on a visit at the home of our subject's father. He never
recovered from this illness and died there, his body being- interred in the
famil}' cemetery, which is located on the farm.

Artemus Riker and Jane Schoonover were both residents of the state of
New Jersey until about 1800, when the families of both moved to this county.
Here thev were united in marriage, removing from Cedar Gro\-e to Brookville
township, where the father purchased forty acres of land. This is adjoining
the present home of our subject. Life in Indiana in those pioneer days was
fraught with privation and hardships little understood by the present genera-
tion; and the difficulties surmounted by them, the dangers to which they
were subject, and the trials undergone, seem almost impossible of belief in
these days of plenty. Those hard}' pioneer ancestors faced the wilderness of
unbroken countr}- with oftentimes nothing but willing hands and stout hearts
as their capital stock; sometimes a team of horses or oxen, and a wagon,
with a small array of household goods, belonged to them, and fortunate,
indeed, was the man who was possessed of money. Their implements were
of the most primitive sort, many of them being rude inventions of their own,
yet the results accomplished by them were remarkable. Many found large
fortunes in tilling the soil, as nature provided a ready market for their sup-
plies in the appetites of her children, and few were the cases recorded where
the pioneer failed to make a comfortable living for himself and family. Such
was the state of Indiana when Artemus Riker became a resident within her
borders. He added to his original purchase of forty acres until he owned
three hundred, — one hundred of which was afterward disposed of to advan-
tage. At the time of his death, in July, 1879, he owned two hundred acres.
He was then in his eighty-sixth year, and was a man who commanded respect
from all. He was connected with the early Baptists of that locality, — a
denomination now almost extinct there, but at that time the most prominent
in the township. He was liberal with his means, contributing with a lavish
hand to the support of the church, while the poor never asked in vain of him
for assistance. His wife was, indeed, a helpmeet to him, and preceded him
through the "gates ajar," dying in March, 1870, at the age of seventy-two
years. Their children were: }*Ioses, our subject; John, deceased; Asa,
deceased; Phcebe, wife of Thomas T. Conner; and Oliver, who lives in Rush
count}'. The brothers of Mrs. Riker were Joseph, Jerry and Roswell
Schoonover.

Moses Riker was four years of age when his parents removed from Cedar
Grove to his present location. He has worked at farming since early boy-
hood, remaining with his father until he had reached his majority and then
renting land of the latter for one year. In 1843 he started on the present

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farm, then consisting;' of only one hundred and twenty acres, and has
improved and added to it from time to time until he now has two hundred
and fort}- acres of as fine farm land as can be found in the county. For
many years he lived in the old log house which formerly stood on the land,
but this and the primitive outbuildings have given place to a brick residence
of modern architecture and convenience, and comfortable barns and other
buildings, making it at once a model of comfort and convenience.

Mr. Riker was married November lo, 1842, to Miss Hetty, daughter of
Elijah and Amelia Warne, of Ohio. Mrs. Riker came to this county with
her parents when in her seventh year. She was the fifth in a family of
eleven children, viz.: John, deceased; Sarah, wife of Stephen Martin; Eliza-
beth, wife of ^^"illiam Halstead, deceased; \Villiam, deceased; Hetty,
deceased, wife of our subject; Mary Jane, wife of James Gobel; Samuel,
deceased; Ann, wife of John Armstrong, deceased; Elijah, deceased; Stephen;
and Catherine, who is deceased. Mrs. Riker died December 24, 1888, at
the age of sixty-three years, two months and eight days. Her children
are: Sarah Jane, who is the wife of James McAdams, of Union county, this
state; and the mother of Harmon, Wilbur, John and Lura; Phoebe Ann, the
widow of George Wilson, later became the wife of Talvin Munson, now
deceased; and her children are Moses, Elsie, Charles, and John \Mlson;
Mary Elizabeth is the wife of W. Scott Hutchinson and her children are
Charles, Mozella and Bertha; Lydia, who died in 1893, was the wife of
Frank S. Alley, and their children are Orris, Charles, Bruce and John;
Amelia C. is the wife of William R. Bowles, and has four children, — Moses,
Grace, Gertrude, and I.ydia May. Mr. Riker is a strong Democrat.

T. HENRY DAVIS, M. D.

In the subject of this review we have one who has attained to distinc-
tion in the line of his profession, who has been an earnest and discriminat-
ing student and who holds a position of due relative precedence among the
medical practitioners of Richmond and Wayne county. Native talent and
acquired ability have won him high standing and fame; there are no favored
positions to be given in this line of endeavor: prominence comes alone
through merit, and success is the reward of earnest labor, ability and the
pursuit of a persistent purpose. Thus working his way upward. Dr. Davis
has long since left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few,
and his position commands the respect and admiration of all.

He was born on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, September 29,
1836, and is the eldest son of Henry W. and Lydia (Cartwright) Davis. He
is indebted to the public-school system for the educational privileges afforded
.him, and to his own efforts for the good he derived therefrom. He was

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especially proficient in mathematics, but was at all times an apt scholar and
gained a good general knowledge to serve as a foundation on which to rest
the superstructure of professional learning. He commenced the study of
medicine under the direction Dr. William P. Cross, of Nantucket, under whose
preceptorage he continued for three years, and in the meantime also attended
two courses of lectures at the Cleveland Medical College, but was subse-
quently graduated at the Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri, in St.
Louis.

In the vear 1857 he went to the south, where he spent a few months,
but not finding a suitable location he started again for New England. Hovv-
e\'er, it seemed to him to show a marked lack of success to thus go back to
his old home, and he resolved to try the west. Seemingly trivial circum-
stances often change the whole current of a human life and color one's entire
future destiny. No strong influence or attraction induced Dr. Davis to come
to Richmond, chance seeming to direct him hither, but once in Wayne
county he was quick to note its possibilities, its advantages and the bright
future which seemed to lie before this region. He determined to try the
location, and since that time has continuously engaged in the practice of his
profession, his efforts being attended with excellent success. Within the
year following his arrival, 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa
G. McDonald, of Oxford, Ohio, a lady of superior culture and attainments.

The Doctor has always been a close student of medical works and jour-
nals, thus keeping in close touch with all which marks the advancement that
is continually being made in the profession. Steady application, combined
with much skill and acquired ability, has gained him a foremost place in the
ranks of his professional brethren, and to-day Dr. Davis is a recognized
leader in the medical circles in Wayne county. Obstacles and difficulties in
his path have only served as stepping stones to something higher and given
him new impetus, strength and courage. He has been a member of the
state board of health for four years, and is president of the same, while he
has been a member of the local board of health for thirty-one years. He is
president of the medical board of St. Stephen's Hospital, and for forty years
has enjoyed a successful practice in Richmond.

Dr. Davis is an esteemed member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he
has attained the Knight Templar degree. In many fields of research his
investigations are original, and in thought he is independent, possessing a
very quick and active mind. He readily discerns the ludicrous side of a
question, and not infrequentl}' turns it to a jest. He tells a story admirably
and is ever ready with repartee. Unbiased by fear, favor or prejudice, he
forms his opinions independently and does what he believes to be right,
regardless of what others may say.

672 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

AUGUSTUS M. SIXKS.

Among those whose business activity has contributed to the welfare and
prosperity of the city of Connersville is Augustus ]\t. Sinks, who for man)'
years was a prominent ligure at the bar and in journalistic circles, and who
is now enjoying a well earned rest — the fruit of his former labors. He was
born in Bethel, Clermont county, Ohio, Jslarch 27, 183S, a son of Randolph
M. and Eleanor H. (Clarke) Sinks. On the paternal side he was of German
lineage, and on the maternal side of English descent. His grandfather,
Nicholas Sinks, was born in Harrisonburg. Virginia, April 20, 177 i, and was
there niarried to Margaret Pence, whose birth occurred in that place, March
15, 1774. In 1795 they removed to Clermont countv, Ohio, making their
home in Williamsburg, where the grandfather of our subject died April 9,
1825. His wife passed away at Bethel, Ohio, October 26, 1856. Nicholas
Sinks was a tanner b\' trade and conducted the first tan-yard in Clermont
county. He was also the proprietor of the leading tavern there, and was a
man of much infiuence and prominence. He was a Whig in his political
affiliations, and for seventeen years he efficiently served as treasurer of Cler-
mont county. In his family were ten children, five sons and five daughters.

The maternal grandfather of our subject was Houton Clarke, who v.as
born in England, March 16, 1766, and emigrated to America in 1800. He
took up his residence in Bethel, Ohio, and there married Nancy Riley, a
daughter of Garrard Riley, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serv-
ing under General Washington. In 1806 he purchased property in Bethel,
which has been in possession of the family continuously ever since and is now
owned bv our subject. He, too, conducted a tavern, making that his life
work. He died in Bethel, September 28, 1834.

Randolph M. Sinks, the father of our subject, was born in Clermont
county, Ohio, October 15, 1809, and there spent his entire life, having
engaged in merchandising in Bethel for fifty years. He entered upon his
mercantile career in the capacity of clerk when fifteen years of age, and after
becoming thoroughly familiar with the business began the conduct of a store
of his own, which he successfully carried on for half a century. He died in
Bethel, June 6, 1890. His political support in early life was given the Whig
party, and on its dissolution he joined the ranks of the Republican part)'. He
took an active interest in political affairs, but never sought office for himself.
He was elected a general in the state militia in ^?///(-/7(////w days and was
alwavs known as General Sinks. Being elected to break up the old system
of militia he did so by refusing to call out the men, and as the other generals
followed the same practice the legislature voted to abolish the system.

General Sinks was three times married. On the r4th of Jul}-, 1835, he

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GHNEA LOGICAL HISTORY. (;78

wedded Eleanor H. Clarke, who died July i6, 1850, at the ■,i<^e of thirty-four
years, her birth having occurred in Bethel, August 5, 1816. She opened
her eyes to the light of day in the same house in which she closed them in
death, and there her marriage also was celebrated. She had five children:
Augustus; Mrs. Caroline Swing, of Bethel; Marcus R. , a merchant of Jeffer-
son City, Missouri; George M., of Connersville; and Houton ^^■., of Jefferson
City, Missouri. For his second wife Randolph Sinks chose Mary Frazer, the
wedding being celebrated in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 6, 1852. They
had one child, Charles N., who was born January 27, 1856, and is now a
job printer of Connersville. The mother died ^la}- 13, 1865, in Bethel, and
on the 29th of September, 1872, Mr. Sinks married Mrs. Hannah Reed, who
is now (1899) living on the old homestead at Bethel, at the age of eighty-two
years.

Augustus M. Sinks, whose name introduces this re\ie\v, and who is one
of the prominent citizens of Connersville, was reared in Bethel, and com-
pleted his literary education in the State Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio.
At the age of nineteen he began teaching, a profession which he successfully
followed for four years, the last two years of that period acting as principal
of the graded schools in his native town. At the same time he pursued a
course of law-reading under the direction of his uncle, R. ^^^ Clarke, and in
1863 was elected clerk of Clermont county, serving for a term of three years.
He was also admitted to the bar in 1863, and in 1867 he came to Conners-
ville, where he purchased the Connersville Times, a weekly paper which he
published for four years. Selling out in 1871, he began the practice of law,
forming a partnership with Judge Jeremiah M. Wilson under the firm name
of ^^^ilson & Sinks, which connection was continued for four years, when Mr.
Wilson was elected to congress and the business relation between them was
discontinued. Mr. Sinks was for ten years attorney for the Cincinnati, Ham-
ilton & Indianapolis Railroad Compan}-, the Whitewater \'alley Railroad
Company and the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Railroad Companv.
He engaged entirely in the practice of corporation law and was one of the
most able and distinguished representatives of that branch of the profession
in eastern Indiana, but in 1881 he resigned his position as attorney for the
railroad companies and returned to the journalistic field as the editor and
proprietor of the Connersville Times, which he conducted until i89[. In that
year he sold out and has since lived retired from the active cares of business
life. He at one time capably and efficiently served as city attorne}" of Con-
nersville, filling that position for six years. At one time he was also con-
nected with the banking business, having been a director in the First
National Bank at Batavia, Clermont county, Ohio, some years ago.

On the 23d of June, 1859, Mr. Sinks was married to Miss Marv M.
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U74 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Ouinlau, of Bethel, and they have one daughter, May, who is now the wife of
Professor Frank E. Crane, principal of the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mrs. Sinks died September lo, 1866, and on the iSth of October, 1870, Miss
Birdie Spangler, of New Liberty, I\entucky, became the wife of our subject.
She is a daughter of John L. and Elizabeth (I\emper) Spangler. Her father
was born near Frederick, Maryland, February 26, 18 16, and was a son of
George ^". Spangler. Mrs. Spangler was a daughter of Jonathan and Fannie
(Chowning) Ivemper, and was born near New Liberty, Iventucky, October
17, 1S24. Her father, Jonathan I^emper,. was a son of Tillam Kemper and
Mas born in ^'irginia, January 13, 1788. General Kemper, who led the
charge at Gettysburg, and was afterward governor of Virginia, was of the
same family.

In his political views Mr. Sinks is a stalwart Republican and for many
years has frequently served as delegate to state and district conventions. In
August, 1893, he united with the Christian church and has since been very
zealous in its work, serving as elder and in many ways advancing its interests.
Socially he is a prominent Mason. In 1877 he became a member of Warren 1
Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M. and was its Master for ten years. Of Maxwell
Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., he was High Priest for five years, and of Fayette
Council. No. 6, R. & S. M., he was Illustrious Master for five years. He
joined Connersville Commandery, No. 6, K. T., was its Commander for four
years, and in Indianapolis he received the degree of High Priesthood. In
1885 he was elected Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Indiana
and served for one year. During that time he attended the General Grand
Council of the United States, held in Washington, D. C. Throughout his life his
career has been marked by the strictest fidelity to duty, by loyalty to every
trust reposed in him and by firm allegiance to the right as he has seen it.
For many years a resident of Connersville, he has been actively identified
with the professional, journalistic, its social, political and moral interests,
and in all these relations has won the confidence of the public and the regard
of those with whom he has been brought in contact.

J. E. GRAY.

.^'o one in Cambridge City is better known than this popular railroad
VDfficial, whose service here has e.xtended over a period of thirty-one years.
Few, if any, of the citizens of this place have taken more active interest in
public works, in improvements, and in everything which has gone to make
this one of the progressive and attractive towns in Wayne county.

Of English descent, Mr. Gray's parents, David and Naomi (Loftland)
■Gray, were natives of Delaware, and the father was a leading minister in the
.Wethodist Episcopal denomination. Two of the brothers of our subject are

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 07;")

men of high standing in raiiroad circles, namel}-; ] ). S. G^a3^ who is well
known in various parts of the United States; and S. V. Gray, who is the
general western agent for the Pennsylvania lines, with headquarters at
Indianapolis, Indiana.

J. E. Gray was born on the 15th of May, 1836, in Danville, Knox
county, Ohio, received the advantages of a liberal common-school education,
and turned his attention to railroading when he was about seventeen years of
age. June i, 1868, he was appointed agent at Cambridge City, and has
retained his position during all of the intervening years and through the fre-
quent changes of management. The road, now known as the Panhandle, is
part of the great Pennsylvania system at the present time. The faithfulness
and general efficiency of Mr. Gray are well attested by his long retention in
office; and his thorough understanding of his business, as well as the uniform
courtesy which he exercises toward everybody, accounts for his popularity.

In the spring of 1873 Mr. Gray was elected a member of the town board
of trustees. At that time an indebtedness of fifty thousand dollars hung over
the place, there being twenty-eight thousand dollars taxes standing uncol-
lected on the tax duplicate. The property valuation of the town at that
time was one million two hundred thousand dollars, and the rate of taxation
was one dollar and a quarter per hundred dollars. The indebtedness of the
town was reduced to twenty thousand dollars within the next three years, by
judicious management, but in 1876 the purchase of a fire-engine, the con-
struction of wells and cisterns for use in case of tire, and the erection of the
town hall increased the debt to twenty-eight thousand dollars. Again sys-
tematic reduction of this amount followed until 1883, when there was but
one thousand dollars remaining of the original indebtedness, which amount
was paid the following year. Mr. Gray acted as a member of the board for
twenty-four years successively. In 1887 Mr. Gray retired from the board
and devoted his entire attention to his regular business, but in the spring of
1894 his friends induced him to again become a candidate for the town
board, the town in the meantime having gotten into financial embarrassment
through the building of water-works. He consented to have his name used
and was elected by an overwhelming majority, and was re-elected in 1896
without opposition. The water-works have been completed and the town's
finances are again in a wholesome condition. Fine cement sidewalks are
now being laid in all parts of the town, particularl}- in the business section.
In addition to being one of the most intluential and progressive members of
the board of town trustees, Mr. Gray was for seven years one of the school
trustees. He has been prominent in fraternal circles, having been for three
years master of Cambridge City Lodge, Xo. 5, Free and Accepted Masons,

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and being associated with the Knights of Pythias. Pohtically he votes the
Repubhcan ticket.

April 30, 1863, the marriage of Mr. Gray and Miss Jane Ramsey, a
daughter of Jesse and Eleanor (McKinney) Ramsey, was solemnized. Three
sons and a daughter were born to our subject and wife, namely: William
Frazer, David Ramsey, Jessie and John R. David R. is the general agent
at Salt Lake City, Utah, for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Jessie
is the wife of Frank Starr, the local editor of the Elkhart (Indiana) Review.
John R., whose home is in Cambridge City, married Mary Caldwell, of Mil-
ton, Indiana. Our subject's children have received an excellent education
and are taking places of influence and importance in the world's busy field of

endeavor.

ISAAC N. SMITH.

Isaac N. Smith, a valiant veteran of the civil war and an honored
citizen of Wayne county for more than two-score years, was born
December 13, 1829, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. His father, John
Smith, a native of the same state, removed to Clark county, Ohio, at an
early day and died in 1846, when in his forty-seventh year. The mother,
whose maiden name was Susan Kauffman, is still living, and has attained the
extreme age of ninety-four years. Of her four children, one, Benjamin F.,
is deceased, having died in 1852, when in his eighteenth year. Anna, the
only daughter, is the widow of Emanuel Albert; and John K. is a resident of
Cambridge City, Indiana.

The youth of Isaac N. Smith was spent in his native state and in Ohio,
whither he removed with his parents. In 1855 he was united in marriage to
Miss Maria Roller, a daughter of David Roller, of Clark county, Ohio, and the
same year they came to Wayne county, where they have made their home
until the present day, enjoying the friendship and high regard of a large
number of acquaintances and associates.

For about six years after his arrival in this county, Mr. Smith carried
on a tannery at Dublin, but when the war of the Rebellion broke out he left
everything, in order to fight for his beloved country, enlisting in Company D,
Eighth Regiment of Indiana Infantry. At the organization of the company
he was appointed sergeant, and thereafter was, in turn, promoted first ser-
geant, second lieutenant and first lieutenant. He participated in the battle of
Pea Ridge and the various engagements leading up to the siege of Vicksburg,
after which memorable victory for the Union forces he was transferred to the
Department of the Gulf, and took part in the numerous eventful campaigns
of General Sherman in the south. At the close of his term of enlistment he
was at Savannah, Georgia. He seemed to have led a charmed life, as he

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went through the war from the beginning to the end, usually in the thickest
of the fight, and in some of the most desperate campaigns, yet escaped with-
out a wound, however sHght. He was mustered out and honorably discharged
in April, 1865.

Returning to his former home in Dublin, Wayne county, Mr. Smith
turned his attention to the grocery business, and was thus occupied until
1S70, when he removed to Cambridge City. Here he accepted a position as
station agent for the Whitewater Valley Railroad Company, now a branch
of the Big Four system, and for twenty years he retained this office, meeting
fully the requirements of his employers and the traveling public. In 1890
he resigned, and for the past eight or nine years has been actively associated
with the Western \\'a3'ne Bank, one of the stable and flourishing financial
institutions of this section of the state. He is Republican in politics, and
in 1894 was elected township trustee, which office he is still holding. Frater-
nally he is a member of Cambridge City Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted
Masons; and for three years served as the commander of Cambridge City
Post, No. 179, Grand Army of the Republic. He is justly popular among
the best citizens of this place, and possesses the pleasant, kindly traits of
character which readily win friends.

SYLVESTER H. JONES.

The Jones family, of which our subject is a worthy representative, is of
Welsh origin. His great-grandfather, Nathaniel Jones, came to the United
States and located in North Carolina prior to the war of the Revolution, in
which conflict he participated. His son Benjamin, the next in the line of
descent, was born in Guilford county. North Carolina, whence he came to
Green township, Wayne county, Indiana, as early as 181 1. In companj'
with some friends he crossed the mountains with teams, and, taking up a
quarter-section of land froni the government, he proceeded to clear the
tract, assisted later by his sons. A typical pioneer, hardy, brave and in-
domitable in will and purpose, he met every difficulty with a spirit which
surmounted it, and brought success sooner or later. He was a Baptist in
religious faith. He chose for his wife Sarah Case, the sister of one of the
noted ministers of that denomination. Rev. Nathaniel Case, who was like-
wise a native of North Carolina, and came to this state at about the same
time as did Mr. Jones. To the marriage of Benjamin and Sarah Jones four
sons and two daughters were born. They were reared to maturity on the
old homestead, their birthplace, and one by one passed to their reward.
William, who was engaged in the practice of medicine in Austin, Minnesota,
for several years, died in that place. Isaiah, a farmer, died in Howard
county, Indiana James, who was elected clerk of the courts of Marion

678 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

county, Indiana, died while in office. Mrs. Nancy Peele lived and died in
Iowa, as did her younger sister, Mrs. Fanny Webb. The father of these
children departed this Hfe in 1859, when he was in his seventy-sixth year.

John D. Jones, the father of our subject, was born in Green township,
Wayne county, June i, 1815. By earnest study he managed to acquire an
excellent education, and for a quarter of a century he was a teacher in the
local schools. Beginning when a mere boy, his first class assembled in a
room of a neighbor's cabin, and later he arrived at the dignity of having a
log school-house over which to preside. He devoted a portion of each year
to agriculture, but alwa3'S taught for at least the winter term. He carried
on the old homestead for years, then selling it and buying another. During
the civil war he was in poor health and could not enter the service, but he
bought and sold horses to the government, and was a strong Abolitionist.
Formerly he had been a Jefferson Democrat, but he allied himself with the
Republican party and was glad to vote for Lincoln. He died as he had lived,
strong in the faith of the Baptist denomination, the date of his demise being
June 4, 1870, By his marriage to Susan Clements, he had five children,
namel}': William M., who died at the age of eleven years; Isaac, who is
employed by the Hoosier Drill Company; Benjamin, who was a blacksmith,
and died in Anthony, Kansas; Sarah, of Dayton, Ohio; and Josephine, wife
of J. M. Hamilton, of the same city.

Sylvester H. Jones was born on his grandfather's old farm near Will-
iamsburg, Wayne county, August 22, 1853. He received an excellent edu-
cation, being graduated in Spiceland Academy, in 1872. Later he accepted
a position as a bookkeeper for the firm of Osborn & Beard, contractors and
builders, of Economy, Indiana, remaining with that house for some three
years.* As a bookkeeper he succeeded, but sober reflection brought him to
the conclusion that as such his possibilities were extremely limited. He pos-
sessed exceptional natural ability as a mechanic, and February, 1881, he took
a position with the Indiana Car Company, of Cambridge, where he made
such rapid progress that he was placed in charge of one hundred and sixty-
eight men in July following. In his department from twelve to fourteen cars
a day were made, and during his two years' service in that plant he gained
invaluable experience, and it became evident that he was in his natural field
of enterprise. In 1883 he entered the employ of the Panhandle Railroad
Company as a builder of bridges, and time and again he was given entire
charge of the work as superintendent. At the end of a year he came to
Richmond, where for fifteen years he has been a valued employe of the
Hoosier Drill Company. In 1890 he was put in charge of the experimental
pattern department, and five years later was promoted to the superintendency
of the factory. Here he has over three hundred men under his instructions^

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and has charge of all of the mechanical construction and inventions of the
business. In the interests of the company, he has reconstructed and improved
nearly every machine which they now manufacture, and has patented a
number of valuable inventions. The constantly increasing sales of the com-
pany's machines, in this and foreign countries, attest the value of the improve-
ments made by Mr. Jones, and are a substantial and incontrovertible tribute
to his skill and wise management of the business.

In 1889 Mr. Jones was ordained as a local minister in the Methodist
Episcopal church, in the work of which denomination he is enthusiastic and
a leader. He was one of seven persons who organized a congregation and
reclaimed and reconstructed what was known as the old Pearl Street church.
At the time that the First Methodist church was built on ILast Main street,
the old structure had been abandoned, but b}' the energetic efforts of Mr.
Jones and a few others, who felt that the work of the Master in this populous
district of the city should be vigorously maintained, the now prosperous and
promising Fifth Street church has risen, like the fabled Phcenix, from the
ashes of the past. An able pastor and officials, and devoted workers in e\"ery
department of the church's activities, prophesy well for the future, while
much good has already been accomplished. The building was remodeled
and made thoroughly attractive and comfortable, the cost of the fittings being
about two thousand dollars. For some time Mr. Jones served as the super-
intendent of the Sunday-school, and in many ways he has used his means
and influence for the welfare of the church.

While a resident of Economy, Indiana, the marriage of Mr. Jones and
Miss Mary Northcotte was celebrated, in 1877. Their eldest son, AVilliam,
now in the employ of the Hoosier Drill Company as a time-keeper and clerk,
was educated in the high school here and in the Richmond Business College.
The two younger children, Bessie M. and Paul, ire at home. The family
reside at No. 218 North Thirteenth street, in a comfortable and pleasant
home.

ALPHEUS TEST.

Over half a centur}' ago this respected citizen of Richmond, \\'a\'ne
county, came to this place, and during the greater part of this period he has
been actively engaged in manufacturing. His reputation as a business man
is of the best, and throughout his long commercial career his transactions
have been marked by sterling honesty, fairness and justice. He follows in
the footsteps of his sturdy, conscientious Quaker ancestors, and is himself a
member of the Society of Friends.

It is a well established fact that the founders of the Test family in the
United States came from England with William Penn, and settled in Penn-
sylvania. (See sketch of Dr. Zaccheus Test, printed elsewhere in this work.)

050 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Samuel Test, the paternal grandfather of our subject, however, was born in
Salem, Salem count}-, New Jersey, to which state some of the Tests had
eventually gone to dwell. This Samuel Test was born, as the Quaker chro-
nology states it, the 2d month, 12th day, of 172S, while his wife, Sarah, was
born the 12th month, 24th day, of 1737. In his youth he learned the hat-
ter's trade, bat in later years he gave his attention to other enterprises.
Coming west, he stayed in Cincinnati and other cities for some time and
ultimately took up his abode in Union county, Indiana, and while there was
interested in a milling business. His last years were spent in Richmond and
vicinity, he being well known and greatly esteemed, especially in the Society
of Friends, of v.'hich he was a zealous and consistent member.

Samuel Test, Jr., father of our subject, was a native of Salem, New
Jersey, who with his wife and children came to this state in pioneer days.
His death took place in Richmond the 9th month, i8th day, of 1856. Like
his father before him, he had mastered the business of manufacturing hats,
but after his removal to the Hoosier state he was chiefly occupied in running
a fiouring-mill, and in similar pursuits. His marriage to Sarah Maxwell
was solemnized the 5th month, 19th day, of 1796. He was born the ist
month, i6th day, of 1774, while his wife's birth took place the loth month,
14th day, of 1777. Their children comprised the following: Elizabeth,
born 3d month, 31st day, 1797; Samuel, 3d month, 6th day, 179S; Rachel,
5th month, 14th day, iSoo; John, 2d month, 25th day, 1802; Rachel (the
secon 1 of the name), 9th month, 19th day, 1804; Sarah, 5th month,
23d day, 181 i; Lydia, 3d month, 12th day 1813; Ruth, 4th month, i6th
day, 1818; Zaccheus, nth month, toth day, 1806; Mary, 6th month, 25th
day, 1808, and Alpheus, 2d month, 6th day, 1821.

Alpheus Test, the subject of this article, was therefore the youngest
child in this large family, and his birth took place on his parents' homestead
in Union county, Indiana. He was trained in the industrious, upright, just
ways of the Friends and in his youth laid the foundations of a useful and
happy life. In 1847 he settled in the town of Richmond, where he has
since dwelt. Until the close of the civil war, a period of about eighteen
years, he was extensively engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, which
business proved a profitable one. Subsequently he lived upon a farm located
some four miles south of this place, in Wayne township, and for six years
was successfully occupied in tilling the soil. Returning then to Richmond he
began manufacturing what are now well and favorably known as the Rich-
mond sod-cutters, a patent article of his own invention. Since that time he
has continued in this branch of manufacture and does a very fair business in
this line.

The lirst marriage of Alpheus Test was to Elizabeth A. Moffitt, by

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whom he had three children: Charles E., a prominent citizen of Indian-
apolis, is the patentee of an improved bicj'cle chain and is now manufactur-
ing the same, doing a large and paying business. Emma, the daughter, is
the wife of V. D. Graves and resides in Wayne township; and the youngest
died in infancy. For his second wife j\Ir. Test married Miss Phcebe Hyatt.
His present wife was Martha Fulghum, of French-English descent, born and
raised in Randolph county, Indiana.

ASA T. WHITNEY.

This well known and highly esteemed agriculturist, residing on section
14, Blooming Grove township, is a native of Franklin county, born near
Cedar Grove, January 20, 1823, and is a representative of one of its most
prominent pioneer families — one that has taken a very active and important
part in the upbuilding and development of the county. It was about 1814
that his grandfather, Moses Whitney, a native of Tioga county. New York,
emigrated with his family to Indiana and took up his residence near Cedar
Grove, in Highland township, Franklin county, becoming one of the earliest
settlers of that locality. There he improved a farm, upon which he and his
wife spent their remaining days. To this worthy couple were born fourteen
children, but, so far as known, all have passed away except two: Moses,
who lives near Cincinnati, Ohio; and Mary, wife of William Hudson, who
lives on the old homestead in Highland township. Another daughter,
Phoebe, went to Texas many years ago, and it is uncertain whether she is
still living.

Jeremiah Whitney, the father of our subject, was about fourteen years of
age when he came with his parents to Franklin county, where, with the other
children of the family, he was reared amid new and wild surroundings. He
married Miss Clarissa Tyler, a native of Vermont, who was but a child when
she came to this state with her parents, Nathan and Olive Tyler. After their
marriage they continued to make their home in Highland township until
about 1830, when they removed to Metamora township, where the father pur-
chased a farm and lived for many years. From there he went to Spring-
field township, where he continued to reside until his death. He died very
suddenly, while attending church near Brookville, December 18, 1854. His
wife survived him man}' years, dying about the year 1886. He was well
known and highly respected, and as a minister of the Baptist church preached
the gospel for many years. He was a very industrious man, having followed
the occupation of farming throughout life, and commanded the esteem and
confidence of all with whom he came in contact.

Asa T. Whitney, whose name heads this biography, was the only child of
his parents, and his boyhood and youth were spent at home in much the usual

682 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

manner of farmer lads of his day. He had but limited opportunities for
gaining an education, but early became familiar with all the duties which
fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He remained with his parents until his
marriage, which was celebrated Februarj' 3, 1842, Miss Polly Ann Vincent
becoming his wife. She was born in Fayette county, Indiana, January 8,
1824, and is a daughter of Jonathan Vincent. To our subject and his wife
have been born five children, four sons, who are still living, and one daugh-
ter, Clarissa Elizabeth, who died in infancy. The sons are William Vincent,
who was born February 24, 1843, and is now living in Vermilion county,
Illinois; Isaac Wilson, who was born November 17, 1846, and now resides
on his grandfather's old homestead in Springfield township, Franklin county;
Jeremiah Hiram, who was born May 31, 1850, and is a blacksmith of Fair-
field, Franklin county; and John Kingham, who was born September 4, 1854,
and resides near his father, in Blooming Grove township.

With the exception of twelve years spent in Illinois, Mr. Whitney has
always lived in Franklin county, and is now the owner of a pleasant home in
Blooming Grove township, where he has carried on agricultural pursuits with
marked success for several years. He and his wife are widely and favorably
known, a^id have a host of warm friends, who esteem them highly for their
genuine worth.

JOHN W. COOK.

John Wesley Cook, the progressive owner of Clover Hill Farm, in
Wayne township, Wayne county, is respected and highly esteemed by all
who know him. His history, in brief, is the history of a man who has con-
quered unusual difficulties and has faithfully discharged all duties assigned
him and held inviolate every trust reposed in him. Such men deserve fortune
and are entirely worthy of honor and position, 3'et they are usually found
pursuing the even tenor of their way, undisturbed by thought of prominence;
and thus it is with our subject. As a voter he is a Republican, but he has
never been an aspirant for public office, as, indeed, his time is fully occupied
by his business cares.

The old house in which our subject was born, September 30, i860, and
in which he is still living, was built by his grandfather, Seth Cook, who set-
tled on this tract of land over eighty years ago, and here spent the remainder
of his life. The parents of John W. were Elijah and Rachel M. (Crampton)
Cook, the former now deceased and the latter still living at the old home-
stead, with our subject. Elijah Cook stayed on the home farm after he
attained his majority, and for a period was in partnership with John C. Boyd
in the manufacture of lime at Middleboro. Shortly before his father's death
he returned to the farm and took charge of affairs and tenderly cared for his
widowed mother, who was an invalid for many years and survived her son.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 0s8.

her death occurrin,f^' when she was eighty-eight N'ears of age. liHjah Cook
bought more land as the years passed, and thus enlarged the boundaries uf
the homestead, making it a place of two hundred and twenty acres. He was
energetic and enterprising in his business methods, and had he lived a few
years longer, to carr}' out his plans, would have been a rich man, compara-
tively speaking. He was one of the first in this section of the Union to
become interested in the breedmg of fine Poland-China hogs, and exhibited
excellent specimens of the stock, in competition with others, at count}' fairs.
Death closed his busy career July 17, 1S77, when he was in his fifty-fourth
year.

\^'hen John W. Cook, a youth of about seventeen, succeeded his father
on the farm he found before him a task which seemed almost an impossible
one to perfom. Upward of four thousand dollars must be paid to his grand-
mother's heirs and to the heirs of his father ere the property could be really
his, and in accordance with the will of Elijah Cook, the young man must not
shirk the responsibility. At first he deemed it best to work but a part of
the farm himself and to allow his brother-in-law to operate the main home-
stead. One season, however, convinced the youth that this plan was not a
good one, and that he had better undertake the task of managing the whole
place, single-handed. Desiring above all things to be perfectl}' just and
upright, he was now deeply troubled about the verbal agreement into which
he had entered with his sister's husband. An opportunity, however, pre-
sented itself for declaring the whole arrangement at an end, when the other
party in the affair refused to stand by his agreement in the matter of a
division of a crop, and decided that the lion's share must fall to him. John
W. then asserted his rights and entered upon the great task of his life in
earnest, — the pa3'ment of the indebtedness on the farm. Though friends
discouraged him at the outset he persevered in his noble intention, and,
aided by the faith and co-operation of his devoted mother, met the pay-
ments one by one as they fell due. He denied himself everything but the
barest necessaries of life in order to do this, and worked earl}' and late. The
farm was sadly in need of improvements, and an outlay of several hundred
dollars was imperative, and this, too, he accomplished. Several years ago
he reached the goal of his ambition, and the farm, unincumbered, became
his. For the past twelve years he has been engaged in the raising of
Poland-China hogs, of which he makes a specialty, and at present he has
about one hundred thoroughbreds. At various county fairs he has taken
the prizes on hogs, and at the Ohio state fair he was awarded the first
premium and sweepstakes, even with strong competitors. About ten years
ago he commenced the raising of shorthorn cattle, and in this, too, he has
met with success. He sells stock extensivel}' and ships to distant states.

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Well built barns are on his premises, these being especially constructed to
accommodate his live stock in the winter season. For three years he has
been a stockholder and director in the Ohio Poland-China Record Association.
Mr. Cook is a member of the Friends' church at Smyrna, Indiana, and
patterns his life upon the upright, peace-loving principles of that denomina-
tion. On the loth of September, 1886, Mr. Cook married Miss Anna M.
Richey, formerl)' a teacher. Her father, L. W. Richey, was a merchant
and a justice of the peace in New Paris, Ohio, for many years. Three
children grace the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, namely: Frank Elijah, born
December, 21, 1888; Bessie R., born February 24, iSpijand John Carl,
born February 9, 1898.

JESSE CHRISMAN.

Occupying a representative position among the leading farmers of Fay-
ette county, Indiana, and residing on his fine farm three miles north of
Connersville, is found the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch,
Jesse Chrisman.

Mr. Chrisman was born in the township in which he now lives, August
28, 1839, and here passed his boyhood days, working on his father's farm in
summer and in winter attending the district schools. His parents, Jacob
and Nancy (Swisher) Chrisman, were natives, respectively, of South Caro-
lina and Ohio and were married in the latter state. Jacob Chrisman, Sr. ,
the grandfather of Jesse, moved from South Carolina to Ohio at an early
day and settled in Preble county, where he passed the rest of his life and
died. He was of German extraction. His children, three in number, were
Lewis, who came to Indiana, but who afterward returned to Ohio and died
in that state; Jacob Jr., the father of Jesse; and Mrs. Barbara Kaylor.

The younger Jacob Chrisman came with his wife to Indiana soon after
their marriage, entered land in Fayette county, and here spent his life,
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died in 1863. His first wife died in
1S40, leaving two children, namely: William, who died in P'ayette county,
leaving a family; and Jesse, the subject of this sketch. By his second mar-
riage Jacob Chrisman had no children. He was a man of industry and ster-
ling integrity and to his own honest efforts was due his success in life. He
improved a good farm and in his later years was surrounded with comfort
and plenty. During the war of 18 12 he was a young man in Ohio and
served all through that war. Politically he was in early life a Whig, though
he never aspired to political honors. He was a Christian man, active in
church work, and generous to a fault, and in a quiet way did much to assist
the worthy poor. Mr. Chrisman's mother was the only one of the Swisher
family that came to Indiana, and, as above stated, her death occurred a few

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. GSo

3'ears after their settlement here. She was the third of f(jiir children, tlie
others being Jesse, Lewis and Martin.

Jesse Chrisman remained under the parental roof until he was twent}'-
two years of age. It was then that the civil war came on and he left home
to enter the Union army. He enlisted in September, iSGi, for a term of
three years, in the Second Indiana Cavalry, under John A. Bridgland,
colonel, and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. The first
engagement in which he participated was the battle of Shiloh. A detailed
account of his army life would cover much of the history of the civil war,
and it is not our purpose here to write a history of that war. Suffice it to
say that he took part in numerous engagements, including those at Corinth
and Lookout mountain. He was never wounded, although he was some-
times in the hottest of the fight; but on one occasion, at Gallatin, Tennessee,
he was captured with part of his regiment and sent to Hartville, Tennessee,
where he was paroled. He was then sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and a short
time afterward to Indianapolis, where he was exchanged and whence he
again went to the front. Only once during his army service was he home on
leave of absence, and then for a short time. At the expiration of his term
of enlistment he returned to Indianapolis, received an honorable discharge
and came back to his old home.

In the meantime, in 1864, his father had died and the administrator had
divided the estate according to law. The following year, 1865, Mr. Chris-
man married and settled down to farming and has been engaged in agricult-
ural pursuits here ever since. He has retained his portion of the homestead
and has added to it adjoining land until he now has two hundred and forty
acres of choice valley land, its location being three miles north of Con-
nersville.

As a citizen, neighbor and friend Mr. Chrisman is held in the highest
esteem by those who know him best. Broad-minded, generous and genial,
he has along life's journey exerted an influence for good, by his kindly act
and generous deed assisting others on the road to success. He has always
been an ardent Republican, and in recognition of his sterling merits his
fellow citizens have honored him with local office. He has served as super-
visor and in other minor offices, and for the past nine years has been town-
ship trustee, his faithful service gaining him re-election from time to time.
He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Maple-
wood and are active workers in the same, he being a trustee and steward.

Mrs. Chrisman was formerly Miss Catherine Price, who was born in
Franklin county, Indiana, in 1844, daughter of William and Elizabeth
(Clemmens) Price, pioneers of that county. Mr. Price was for years engaged
in farming in Franklin county, from which place he came to Fayette county

686 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

and bought a liouring-tnill, which he ran during the remainder of his hfe,
being successful and accumulating a snug fortune. In politics he was a
Republican and in religion a Methodist, one of the pillars of the church to
which he belonged. His children were as follows: Allison, Richard and
Caleb, deceased; Tamizen, now Mrs. Hinebaugh; Emmons, of Connersville;
Morris, of Idaho; Catherine, Mrs. Chrisman; and Davis, of Fayette count}^
Mr. and Mrs. Chrisman have six children, viz.: Edward R., of the United
States Army; Lora, wife of R. Henry; Albert L., who is engaged in the
hardware business at Connersville; Minnie, Mrs. Bush; and Oliver P. and
Gayson, at home.

The eldest son was educated at West Point and is fast making a name
for himself. He entered the United States Military Academy in 1884 and
graduated with honors in 188S. He was appointed second lieutenant in the
Second United States Infantry, which regiment was engaged in the Sioux
campaign in 1 890-1, and here he was mentioned for meritorious conduct.
The next year he entered the School of Torpedoes and Submarine Mining,
at Willets' Point. In the same year he was married to Florence Isabell
Ryan, daughter of the late William and Mary Ryan, of New York city, and
sister of Captain John P. Ryan, a classmate at West Point. He was
appointed professor of military science and tactics at the University of
Idaho, and also held the chair of mathematics. On the declaration of the
Spanish-American war he joined his regiment, the Sixth Infantry, as a first
lieutenant, and conducted himself in such a manner during the battle of San
Juan Hill that he was breveted during the next session of congress for brav-
ery. Since the war Captain Chrisman has been stationed in all parts of the
United States, mustering out troops, and at the completion of this work will
join his regiment, now in Manila, the youngest captain in the regular

army.

WILLARD B. OVERHISER.

This sterling citizen of Posey township, Fayette county, is an honored
veteran of the civil war, and in peace and war alike has played the part of a
true patriot. He is one of Indiana's native sons, his birth having occurred
in P"ayette county, November i, 1841. As his surname indicates, he is of
'German descent, though his father and paternal grandfather were natives of
New York state. The latter, Casper Overhiser, was a well-to-do farmer.
He was twice married, by his first wife having two children, Keturah and
George, and by his second union having eighteen children.

George Overhiser, the father of our subject, was born in 1804, and after
his marriage he carried on farming in the Empire state until 1836, when he
located in Blackford county, Indiana, on land which had been entered by
Peter Storms, his father-in-law. This property, which was heavily timberedi

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 087

he cleared and placed under cultivation, and at the end uf fifteen years he
turned it over to the owner, Mr. Storms. Beginning again, he improved
another fract of wild land, which he purchased, and here he spent the remainder
of his da3'S. In his community he stood deservedly high, and for years he
was the township assessor and an active worker in the ranks of the Whig
part}'. His wife, Elizabeth, likewise a native of New York state, was one
of four children, the others being Willard, who died in the Empire state;
Reuben, who died in Blackford county; and Sarah, wife of Thomas Raplee.
Thirteen children blessed the humble pioneer home of George and Elizabeth
Overhiser, and only one of the number, Martha, Mrs. H. Shrader, is deceased.
Her death occurred about 1 87S, and she left five children. The other brothers
and sisters of our subject are named as follows: Mrs. Belinda Williams;
John, of Indianapolis; I\Irs. Mary Johnson; Mrs. Alvira Johnson; Henry and
Lonson, of Michigan; Mrs. Ann Bonham; Charles, of Kansas; Marion, who
served in the late civil war in the Seventeenth Indiana Battery; Mrs. Sarah
Tourtellotte; and Keturah, wife of Thomas Mills. The father died in 1862,
about two years after the death of the wife and mother.

Willard B. Overhiser had learned the carpenter's trade and had just
launched his boat upon the sea of an independent business career, when the
war of the Rebellion came on. He enlisted for three 3'ears' service in the
Union army, in 186 1, and was a private in the Thirty-fourth Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry, Thirteenth Army Corps, of the western branch of the army,
and participated in the noted siege of Vicksburg, the battles of Champion
Hills, Magnolia Hill, Raymond and others, part of the time under the leader-
ship of General Grant. Later he went into Texas, where the last battle of
the war was fought in May, 1865. It was not until February 3d, of the fol-
lowing year, however, that Mr. Overhiser was mustered out of the service
and honorably discharged.

Resuming his interrupted work, he engaged in the building of houses and
barns in various parts of Fayette and Wayne counties. In 1873 he located
in Cambridge, and in 1881 he settled upon his present fine farm, which bears
little resemblance to the place of eighteen years ago. The substantial house
and other buildings were erected by the thrift}' owner, and many other good
improvements were instituted by him.

The personal popularity of Mr. Overhiser is shown by the fact that he
has been elected time and again to the position of township trustee on the
Republican ticket, though the opposite party is much the stronger in this locality.
He is at present acting for the eighth year in this capacity, and has acquitted
himself with ability. Socially he is a Mason and a member of Cambridge
City Post, No. 179, G. A. R.

In 1873 the marriage of W. B. Overhiser and Miss Elizabeth Kemmer

688 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

was solemnized in this county. She comes of one of the pioneer families
here, her parents being Samuel and Elizabeth (Campbell) Kemmer. The
father, who was a son of John Kemmer, was born in Bracken county, Ken-
tuckv, September 27, 1823, and in 1831 removed with the fan:iiiy to this
locality. After his marriage he settled upon a tract of wild land, which he
proceeded to clear and otherwise improve, ultimately making a fine home-
stead. He is still living, his home being vv'ith a daughter. The wife and
mother was a daughter of Charles and Jane (Gillan) Campbell, who were
natives of Pennsylvania and Ireland, respectively. The latter, with her two
brothers, came to tliis country from the Emerald Isle, and with them she
entered land in Posey township, and on this place dwelt after her marriage.
Jklrs. Elizabeth Overhiser has four sisters, namely: Sarah J., Mrs. Benjamin
Crane; Luzena A., Mrs. William Henby; Mar}' F. , Mrs. Emory Sloan; and
Emma F., Mrs. Henry Mason. The union of our subject and wife was
blessed with live children, of whom the eldest, Emory A., is occupying an
oflicial position in Connersville, this state; and the others, Corvviti G., Mabel
B., Fanny E. and Mary E., are still at home.

MRS. ELIZABETH ROBERTS, M. D.

This lady, now a successful physician of Connersville, is a native of
Indiana, born in Abington township, Wayne county, November i, 1832, and
is a daughter of George G. and Mary Ann (Manchester) Ranck. Her grand-
father, Mathias Ranck, was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
where he married Miss Susannah Guytner, and in 18 19 he came west with his
family to Indiana, settling in Union county, where he died in 1838, at the
age of si.xty-five years. By occupation he was a shoemaker. He served as
a soldier in the war of 1812, was a Democrat in politics and a member of the
Moravian church.

George G. Ranck, the father of our subject, was also born in Lancas-
ter county, Pennsylvania, and was about twelve years of age when he accom-
panied the family on their removal to Union county, Indiana, where he was
reared and married. About two years after his tnarriage he took up his
residence in Abington township, Wayne county, where he made his home
throughout the remainder of his life. He was quite an extensive farmer and
met with well deserved success in his labors. His political support was
always giveii the men and measures of the Democratic party, and being a
man of sound judgment and strict integrity he most acceptably served as
justice of the peace for twelve years. He died upon his farm in Wayne
county, in 1883, at the age of seventy-si.K years. In his family were thirteen
children, six sons and seven daughters, of whom but two sons and two daugh-
ters are living.

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. CSO

Dr. Roberts, of this review, was reared upon the home farm in W'a^iie
county and completed her Hterary education at Centerville College, after
which she engaged in teaching school for three years. While thus emplo\'ed
she took up the study of medicine, and in 1882 she was graduated at the
Physio-Medical College of Indianapolis. During the following fifteen years she
successfully engaged in practice in Wayne count}-, first in Abiiigton township
and later in Washington township, near l^ichmond. Ijefore graduating she
had practiced some four or live years in Wayne county. Coming to Conners-
ville, in 1891 , she opened an office here and was not long in building up the large
and lucrative practice she still enjoys. She is a lady of marked intelligence,
culture and refinement and in the treatment of cases that have come under
her care has been remarkably successful. She is a member of the Count}-,
State and American Medical Associations.

On the 23d of October, 1867. Dr. Roberts was united in marriage with
William M. Roberts, a native of Pennsylvania and a farmer by occupation,
who is now living retired in Connersville, but during their residence in Wayne
county he engaged in agricultural pursuits. They still own two good farms
in that county. Their children are George \\'., who now occupies and oper-
ates one of their farms; Anna M., at home; and David J., who is interested
in the gentlemen's furnishing business in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

ALEXANDER S. WHITE.

This gentleman is a prominent citizen of Blooming Grove and a worthy
representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Franklin county,
w-here he has made his home for eighty-one years, a longer period than that
of any other living resident. He has been actively identified with her busi-
ness and agricultural interests but is now living retired, enjoying a well earned
rest. His is the honorable record of a conscientious man who by his upright
life has won the confidence of all with whom he has come in contact.

A native of Indiana, Mr. White was born in Dearborn county, July i i,
1 8 16, and as his paternal grandfather was a native of Wales and his wife of
Ireland, he is of Welsh and Irish extraction. The father, William White,
was born in the state of Delaware, in 1771, and on reaching man's estate
there married Nancy Skinner. In 1804 they emigrated to Indiana and set-
tled in Dearborn county, where they lived until coming to Franklin county
in 1818. They were among the earliest settlers of the county and made
their home in Blooming Grove township the remainder of their lives, the
father dying in 185 i, and the mother about thirteen years later. He entered
the land upon which they located, impro\-ed the same, and converted it into
a pleasant home. He was a substantial and highly respected citizen, and
later in life became a communicant of the Methodist church, of which his

090 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

wiie was a lifelong member. They were the parents of nine children, six
sons and three daughters, but of this once numerous family, only Alexander
S. and his sister Nancy are now living. In order of birth the children were
as follows: William, Thomas, John, Daniel, one who died in infancy, Alex-
ander S., Isabel, Elizabeth and Nancy.

Alexander S. White was but two 3'ears old when brought by his parents
to Blooming Grove township, where he was reared amidst pioneer scenes,
and in his youth he was apprenticed at the tailor's trade, which he followed
ifor about twent}' years. He then turned his attention to farming, and hav-
ing met with excellent success in his labors he is now enabled to lay aside
ibusiness cares and spend his declining years in ease and quiet.

In 1S40 Mr. White married Miss Nancy Ann Templeton, a native of
Indiana, who died in i860, leaving five children, all but one of whom are
still living. They are Edgar, Melville, Mary, Sarah and Anna, deceased.
For his second wife he married Martha Webb, who died in 1875. Four
children were born of this union and three are living, namely: Ella, Laura,
Minnie and William. The third wife, Elizabeth Stant, lived but a short
time after their marriage, and his present wife was, in her maidenhood, Miss
Catherine Pearson.

Mr. White can well remember the early days when this region was all
new and wild, and in the wonderful changes that have since taken place he
has always borne his part. In 1840 he united with the Methodist church,
and for nearly sixty years has done what he could to promote the interests of
religion and morality in the community,, where almost his entire life has been
passed. He cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison, and
continued to support the Whig party until the formation of the Republican
partv, with which he has since affiliated. As a citizen he is highly respected
and esteemed, and is passing the evening of life in the consciousness of hav-
:ing tried to do his duty to his God and to his fellow men.

CASPER C. CRIST.

.\n honored veteran of the civil war is Casper C. Crist, sheriff of Union

•county, to which office he was first elected in 1896, on the Republican ticket,

and ao'ain, in 1898, was the nominee of his party. He is a native of Liberty,

ihis present place of residence, his birth having occurred here September 27,

11841.

The paternal grandfather of the above named gentleman, George W.
Crist, was born in Cincinnati, and came to this neighborhood about 1807 or
1808, and passed the rest of his life here. He located on a tract of land a
portion of which is now included in the town of Liberty, and his son. Judge
William B- Crist, the father of our subject, settled upon a farm just south of

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the village. George W. Crist lived to be over four-score years old. He
married a Miss Bell and they became the parents of four sons and four
daughters. Three of the sons, James W., William B. and Christian W.,
■continued to dwell in the vicinity of Liberty as long as they lived, but Reason
B., the youngest, went to Louisiana.

Judge William B. Crist, who died in i860 at the age of fifty-five years,
was a man of more than local prominence. He was a successful builder and
contractor, and a farmer as well. He erected numerous public and private
buildings in Liberty and elsewhere and laid out part of his farm into town
lots; and in addition to this propert}' he owned other land, more or less
improved. The old homestead still stands about the same as he left it, and
at the present it is occupied by a dairy farmer. When the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton Railroad was projected he gave the right of way through his
■farm, and was superintendent of the stone-work construction along the line,
between Hamilton and Rushville, but died before the same was finished. In
1854 he built the first permanent store building in Liberty and this is still
owned by the family. For several years he served as associate judge ■ of
Union county, and in his political attitude he was first a Whig and later a
Republican. He married Margaret La Fuze, who is still living, nov>' in her
eighty-ninth year, and is cared for at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W.
Connoway. Eight of their twelve children are living, in 1898. Mrs. Crist is
a devout member of the Presbyterian church.

Casper C. Crist learned the carpenter's trade of a brother and subse-
quently followed the calling for fourteen years, with marked success. He
has been emploj^ed as a clerk in a hardware store and has been connected
with other business enterprises of this locality. Probably the most notable
part of his career was when he was wearing the blue uniform of a Union
soldier and was 'fighting for the preservation of the land he loved and the
principles in which he had been reared. He enlisted in Company G, Sixty-
ninth Indiana Infantry, — that ill-fated regiment which lost nearly half of its
contingent in the severe campaigns in which they actively participated.
Leaving home on the 19th of August, 1862, the regiment was sent to Rich-
mond, Kentucky, where on the 30th of the same month it suffered dreadful
loss. In the Vicksburg campaign seventy-five men of Company G were killed or
died of wounds and disease. Later the regiment was sent up the Rio Grande
river and went on the Red river expedition, closing its service with the
Mobile maneuvers. After taking part in the fight at Fort Blakely, Alabama,
April 9, the regiment went into camp until the following July, when it was
mustered out. Among the battles in which it had made its name famous were
Richmond, Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, Thompson Hills, Champion
Hills, Black river, Vicksburg, Jackson (Mississippi) and the numerous engage-

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ments of the Red river campaign and at Fort Blakely. With the exception
of eleven dajs, when he was assigned to hospital duty, Mr. Crist was always
with his company, never missing a skirmish with the enemy; and at Jackson
he received a wound, which did not prove of a very serious nature. For some
\ears he has been an honored member of Du \'all Post, Grand Army of the
Republic. He is also a member of the lodge and chapter of the Masonic fra-
ternity and is identified with the Improved Order of Red Men.

The marriage of 'Mr. Crist and Miss Emma E. Knowlton, a native of
Brownsville, was celebrated June 30, 1870. Her father, Charles C. Ivnowl-
ton, was formerly engaged in merchandising in this place and is highly
respected as a citizen and business man. Mr. and Mrs. Crist have four chil-
dren: Bessie B., now occupied in clerking; Estella M., wife of Charles
Douglas, of. Union township; and Charles W. and Mabel N., twins. Relig-
iousl3\ the family is Presbyterian, attending the local church of that denom-
ination, and contributing liberally toward its support.

JOHN A. SPEKENHIER.

Although a young man, few are better or more favorably known than
the gentleman whose name appears above. By industry and steady applica-
tion he has won his way over many obstacles to a good business position and
the trust and confidence of his fellow men.

He is a son of John and Margaret E. (Bickel) Spekenhier, and is a native
of Columbus, Ohio, where he was born April 12, 1866. His father was born
in 1827, in Ahlen, Westphalen, Prussia, educated there, and upon reaching
mature years engaged in the manufacture of cigars and the curing of tobacco,
in which latter he became an expert. In 1849 he came to America, locating
in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he continued his trade, doing a wholesale business
and meeting with success. He remained there until 1861, when he removed
to Columbus, Ohio. In 1875 he located in Richmond, where he opened a
wholesale and retail cigar store, manufacturing his own goods, and followed
that business until overtaken by death, July 16, 1880. He had returned to
Columbus on a visit, when he was suddenly stricken with apoplexy of the
brain, dying in a short time. He was a man of strong domestic traits,
devoted to his family, and never so happy as when in their midst. In 1S59
he married Miss Margaret Bickel, and they had three sons: Irving, who died
in infancy in 1862; Frank F., foreman for Culleton & Company, book print-
ers and binders in Richmond; and John A., whose name heads this sketch.
Mrs. Spekenhier, the mother, is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and is now
residing in Richmond.

John A. Spekenhier, our subject, attended school in Columbus until
1875, at which time his parents removed to Richmond, where he continued

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. G93

his attendance at school for a few years. After quitting- the halls of learn-
ing he still continued his studies during spare hours. While attending school
he had also a newspaper route, by which he earned enough to enable him to
attend a business college for a term. At the early age of thirteen years he
constructed a perfectly working telegraph, in connection with which enter-
prise he began to learn his favorite trade. At the age of fourteen he entered
the office of A. E. Crocker, of Richmond, as office boy, remained there one
year and received for his services the " munificent" sum of one dollar a week!
He next became messenger boy in a Western Union Telegraph office, where
he remained six months and mastered the art of telegraph}^ His next vent-
ure was in the freight office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, under
H. S. Kates, agent. He began as messenger boy, and worked his way to
the office of cashier, a position he held several years. Later, in 1889, he
accepted the position of railroad teller in the First National Bank. In 1896
he entered the count}- treasurer's office as deputy under John W. Turner,
and so acceptably has he filled the office that he is earnestly spoken of as the
next treasurer. He is an active worker in the Republican ranks and also in
local matters. He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church, in which he
has served as treasurer one year. He held the same office for St. Stephen's
hospital. A subject deserving charity is sure to meet his ready sympathy
and aid. He is a member of a number of fraternal orders,, as the Coeur de
Lion Lodge. No. 8, Knights of Pythias; of Hokendauqua Tribe, No. 196,
Improved Order of Red Men; Whitewater Lodge, No. 41, I. O. O. P., of
which he is past grand; Webb Lodge, No. 24, F. & A. M. ; and of Eden
Degree Lodge, No. 30, Daughters of Rebekah.

Mr. Spekenhier is a musician of promise, playing both the mandolin and
the guitar, and can also take the clarinetist's part in an orchestra or band;
and he has composed a number of pieces for those instruments, of which the
best known are entitled Dreams of Spain, Sounds from the Pacific, San
Miguel Waltz, Mephisto Phantasie and the Pirates' Serenade. In the line of
out-door sports Mr. Spekenhier is also a fine marksman with the rifle and is
a member of the Richmond Gun Club. He is fond of horses, treats them
kindly and will not permit others to abuse them. One of his favorite diver-
sions is a mount on his horse and a canter across the country. His home is
always open to his friends and acquaintances, who are ever assured of a
warm hospitality.

FRANK LAND.

Frank Land was born in Richmond, Indiana, November 30, i860, his
parents being Horatio Nelson and Emeline (Gaar) Land. He attended the
public schools until seventeen years of age, when he began earning his own
livelihood as an employe in the works of Gaar, Scott & Company, serving an

694 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

apprenticeship in the machine department. He completed his term when
twenty years of age and worked at it through the two succeeding years in the
same department in which he had mastered the business. His close applica-
tion and ability won him promotion in 1882, when he became foreman of
the erecting department, and in 1893 his duties and responsibilities were
further increased by his appointment to the position of foreman of the
machine department. He continued at the head of both departments until
1S98, when he was elected a director of the company and made superintend-
ent in charge of all the iron-working in the immense establishment.

Mr. Land is a very prominent Mason and an exemplary representative
of that ancient and benevolent fraternity. He belongs to Webb Lodge,
No. 24, A. F. & A. M. ; King Solomon Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. ; Richmond
Commander}', No. 8, K. T. ; and the Consistory of the Valley of Indianapolis,
in which he has attained the thirty-second degree. In 1886 he v/as united in
marriage to Miss Nellie B. Walker, of Wilmington, Ohio, and they now have
two interesting children, — Walker and Horatio Nelson.

JOHN C. BOYD.

John C. Boyd, who devotes his energies to agricultural pursuits and was
in former years one of the leading lime manufacturers of the state, has spent
almost his entire life in Wayne county, Indiana, his home being now in
Wayne township. He was born on the east fork of Whitewater river, two
and a half miles east of Richmond, September 28, 1822, his parents being
Adam and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Boyd, the former a native of North Carolina,
the latter of South Carolina. About 1S15 Adam Boyd came to this county,
and later married Elizabeth, daughter of Amos Hawkins, of South Carolina,
who had located in Indiana in 1816. About 1833 the parents of our subject
removed to Boone county, Indiana, where the father, who was a carpenter
by trade, died at the age of forty-eight years. The mother survived him
about ten years, and died in Carthage, Indiana, at the age of fifty. Adam
Boyd was at one time justice of the peace in Richmond, and many old deeds
and legal papers of those early days were drawn up by him. In his family
were seven children: Alexander, of Marion, Indiana; Charity, deceased; John
C. ; Henry \\'., of Michigan; Jonathan D., an extensive farmer living on the
old homestead in Boone county; Oliver, of Westfield, Indiana; and Mar-
tha A.

John C. Boyd was a lad of eleven years when he accompanied his parents
to Boone county, but at the age of thirteen he returned to Wayne county and
lived with his uncle, Jonathan Hawkins, on the old Amos Hawkins farm, on
the New Paris road. It was the place of his birth, and continued to be his
home until he had attained his majority. He attended the district schools of

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. t)05

the neighborhood, pursued his studies under the direction of James M. Foe,
and also attended a school, in Richmond, taught by William McGookin.
Mr. Boyd afterward engaged in teaching several terms of school and then
took up the tanner's trade, which he learned under Eli Hiatt, who had a
country tannery near Middleboro. He afterward worked for Wiggins & Son,
of Richmond, and later, in connection with Isaac Cook, purchased the Hiatt
tan-yard, which he successfully conducted for nine years, making considerable
money. As the suppl}- of bark was then limited, he sold out and in 1S56
constructed a patent lime-kiln near the village of Middleboro, the first of the
kind in the state. For thirty-two years he engaged in the manufacture of
lime, building up a large and profitable business. His first partner died in
1856, and in 1858 he formed a partnership with Amos Cook for the erection
of a similar kiln at New Paris, Ohio. After the war he purchased Mr. Cook's
interest and admitted Henry Downing as a partner in the New Paris quarries
and kilns. Three 3-ears later they sold the New Paris quarries and kilns to
the firm of Smith & Brother. That business had become quite extensive,
turning out twenty-five thousand bushels per year. Mr. Boyd, however,
continued the operation of the Middleboro quarries until about three years
ago, and by the practical methods which he followed secured a very large
and remunerative business. He furnished employment to twenty men, about
twelve or fifteen being employed in the home quarries. His farm comprises
one hundred and sixty-two acres of land near ]\Iiddleboro, and twenty years
ago he erected thereon a large and handsome residence, which is supple-
mented by other substantial and modern improvements, all of which indicate
the careful supervision and the progressive spirit of the owner. He has
another farm, comprising one hundred and thirty-eight acres, which he also
operates, and now carries on general farming in connection with the raising
of hogs. He has invested a considerable amount in real estate, owning farm
property and Richmond realty, besides lands in Iowa.

On the 1st of April, 1S63, Mr. Boyd was united in marriage to Miss
Celia, daughter of Robert and Elvira (Addington) Cox. Her father built
and operated the mill in Middleboro, and after his death Mr. Boyd and
William H. Cook remodeled the mill, putting in a new process. They still
operate it, selling to the local trade and to towns in this vicinity. The mill
is operated by water power. Mr. Cox, in connection with his son-in-law,
our subject, also carried on a general store in Middleboro for some years, the
senior partner being in charge. He erected three mills, having one at Max-
ville, Indiana, on White river, and one in Joe Daviess county, Illinois, near
Warren, in addition to the one in Middleboro. Unto i\Ir. and Mrs. Boyd
have been born four children: Linaes C. , who was born January 18, 1864,
was educated in Earlham College and is now ensrasfed in the oil trade at Gas

690 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

City. Indiana, beint^- also interested in the gas wells at Gas Cit}', this state;
Robert Eldon, who was born June 8, iS66, is now a commercial traveler,
living in Indianapolis; Elvira E. died in her nineteenth year; and A. Orville,
who was born March 2, 1S72, is now assisting his father on the heme farm.
Mr. Boyd's father was a ^^'hig in his political affiliations, and all of the
sons became Republicans. Mr. Boyd keeps well informed on the issues of
the day and casts his ballot for the men and measures of the party, but has
never sought office for himself, preferring to devote his energies to his busi-
ness interests, in which connection he is meeting with excellent success. He
is a man of sound judgment, of sagacit}' and untiring enterprise, and his
well-directed labors have brought to him a handsome competence.

WILLIAM M. YOCOM.

This gentleman is a leading and representative farmer of Fairfield town-
ship, Franklin county, where he has made his home throughout life. The
original American ancestor of the Yocom family was Peter Yocom, who had
four sons, and one of these, Jonas Yocom, born in 1690, was the progenitor
of the branch now under consideration.

John Yocom, father of our subject, was born in Berks county, Penns}'!-
vania, March 26, 1808, and was one of a numerous family, having five
brothers and the same number of sisters who reached years of maturity,
besides several who died in childhood. But of that generation only two
are now living : Mrs. Sophia Kerlin and Daniel Yocom, who are resi-
dents of Pennsylvania. In 1835, John Yocom, who was reared in his native
state, came with his brother Levi to Franklin count}', Indiana, and for two
years they were residents of the village of Fairfield, where he worked at the
carpenter's and cabinet-maker's trades, while the brother followed wagon-
making. At the end of that time they returned to Pennsylvania, but soon
afterward made a permanent home here. Levi Yocom was killed by the
running away of his team on the iith of August, 1843.

In March, 1840, John Yocom was united in marriage to Miss Joanna
Hays, who was born in Cumberland county. New Jersey, March 27, 1816,
and when a child of two years was brought to Franklin county, Indiana, by
her parents, William and Keziah (Garrison) Hays, who settled in Fairfield
township. Not long after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Yocom located on a
farm in that township where their children now reside, and there the}' passed
the remainder of their lives, the wife and mother dying May 2, 1883, the
father September 25, 1891. He was a very industrious and enterprising
man, who cleared and improved a fine farm, and was also a good mechanic.
It is said that he assisted in laying the rails on the first line of railroad built
in the United States, this being a short line running to a coal mine in Penn-

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. COT

3\'Ivania. Sincere and consistent Christians, he and his wife were for man}'
j-ears faithful members of the Methodist church and were amonj^ its most Hb-
eral supporters. They had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances and
were held in hij^h regard by all who knew them.

To this worthy couple were born nine children, three sons and six daugh-
ters, of whom the following are still living: Mary, born December 24, 1840;
Samantha Jane, born September 9, 1843; William M., February 20, 1846;
Keziah C. , Februar\- 5, 1856; and Lourana A., May 9, 1S58. A\'ith the
exception of Keziah, who is now the wife of Pierce F. Ludlow, all are living
on the old homestead, a valuable farm of two hundred and fifty acres, which
William M. now successfully operates, as he is a thorough and systematic
agriculturist and a business man of more than ordinary ability. The family
is one of prominence in thecommunity where they reside, and all hold mem-
bership in the Methodist Episcopal church.

WILLIAM B. FAGAN.

- William B. Fagan was well known throughout Wayne county. A man
of genial, kindly disposition, an earnest Christian, filled with love toward
God and man, it seemed a fitting thing that his friends should style him, as
the}' did, when he was getting along in years, "Father Fagan." His life
did not start out very auspiciously, but he possessed the spirit to rise above
adversity, and bravely did he fight the battle. He was born near Monmouth
Court House, in Monmouth county, New Jersey, November 20, 1803, and
was but three years old when his parents died. A year later, the child was
bound out to David Wright, with whom he lived until he reached his major-
ity. Though he attended the district schools to some extent, he was largely
self-educated, and not withstanding his limited advantages he finally was
placed in charge of a school, which he taught successfully.

On the 16th of February, 1828, he married Catherine Reynolds, whose
birth occurred eighteen years before, February 7, 18 10. In the spring of
1836 the young couple, with their three children, came west, and located
near Williamsburg, this county, where the father engaged in teaching, as
formerly. Rheumatism then rendered him helpless for a period of five years,
after which he again taught in the neighborhood until the fall of 1850. The
position of toll-gate keeper then became his, and for nearly six years he was
stationed on the old pike just east of Richmond, and now included within
the city (Twenty-fourth street). In the spring of 1856 he removed to the
gate immediately west of Richmond, on the same pike, and for twenty-one
years he remained at that point. He then retired, and spent his last days
in Richmond, where his death occurred August 10, 1884. He was a licensed
•exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal church, and was very zealous in the

COS BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

temperance cause. For years he frequently made speeches on the subject,
and at one time he traveled through this county, with the late Senator Will-
iam Baxter, delivering addresses. He belonged to the old society known as
the Sons of Temperance, and many a good poem on temperance emanated
from his pen. His first wife, Catherine, departed this life March 8, 1S54,
and two j^ears later he married Matilda Heath, who has also passed away.
There were no children by the last union, but to the first marriage four sons
and six daughters were born.

PATRICIv McKINLEY.

Mr. McKinle}' is a man of integrity and worth, and is a highly respected
citizen of Richmond, Indiana. He was born in county Armagh, Ireland,
March 18, 1847. His father died when he was about two and one-half years
of age, and soon afterward his mother sailed for the United States, locating
in Cincinnati. Here they met Joseph H. Hanson, which acquaintanceship
culminated in the marriage of that gentleman and our subject's mother, Mrs.
Margaret McKinley. The family then moved to Springfield, Clark county,
Ohio, where, at the age of twelve years, Patrick was bound out to Mr. Hiers,
a farmer of Van Wert county. During his stay with this man he was per-
mitted to attend school two or three days in as many years! In 1S62 his
mother and stepfather moved to Wayne county, occupying a farm near Rich-
mond. Two years later, in February, he enlisted in Company A, One
Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, and served with them until the
close of the war, being mustered out at Nashville. Their headquarters were at
Pulaski, Alabama. After returning home he learned the trade of a carpen-
ter, and followed that business, in conjunction with farming, for a few j'ears.
Later he was in the employ of the Robinson Machine Works for seven
years, most of the time as foreman of the shipping department, where he
gave the most entire satisfaction. He left them to engage in business for
himself, and has since done a general line of contracting, obtaining plenty
of work, which he conscientiously performs. He has been able to make
some mone}', and, what is more essential, he has saved it, and is in easy cir-
cumstances. He is industrious and energetic and is bound to make a success
of his business. He retired from the Richmond fire department in 1895,
after having been a member for twenty-seven consecutive years. He was a
" minute man " and belonged to the department both before and after it was
organized as a paid company.

Mr. McKinley was married, in 1868, to Miss Susan Rider, of Richmond, bj'
whom he has had four children, two of whom are living: George A. , employed
at Gaar, Scott & Company's mammoth manufacturing plant; and Eva, who
resides at home. Mr. McKinley, like his illustrious namesake, of whom he

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. m'.y

is a great admirer, is also a Republican, and renders the local clubs much
valuable assistance. He is a member of the Richmond Lodge of Odd
Fellows, belongs to Sol Meredith Post, G. A. R., and to the Improved Order
of Red Men.

CHARLES L. LACKEY.

A native of Cambridge Cit}', born in 1S53, Charles L. Lackey is one of
the five children of Sanford Lackey, who was well and favorably known
throughout Wayne county and this portion of Indiana, as a merchant. One
of the early residents of Cambridge City, he identified himself with numerous
local enterprises, and was largely instrumental in the upbuilding and improve-
ment of the town. His paternal ancestors were Pennsylvanians, and he was
one of the eleven children of John Lackey, whose birth occurred about one
century ago, in Lancaster county, in the Keystone state.

The whole life of Charles L. Lakey has been quietly passed in this, the
place of his birth, and here he received a liberal education in the public
schools. For a few years after he had arrived at maturity, various business
undertakings occupied his time and attention, and in 1878 he became con-
nected with the shipping interests of this locality. In 1880 he engaged in
the livery business, in which enterprise he has been very successful. Follow-
ing the example of his worthy father, he takes deep interest in local affairs,.
and in politics is a Republican.

In 1890 Mr. Lackey married Lillian, daughter of Amos and Catherine
Caldwell, of Wayne county, and their union is blessed with one child, Lillian
Valentine. They have a pleasant home, which, in all its appointments, gives
evidence of the culture and good taste of its occupants.

WILLIAM G. STARR.

Blooming Grove's well-known and popular postmaster and general mer-
chant has, through his own unaided exertions, achieved a well merited suc-
cess in life. The spirit of self-help is the source of all genuine worth in the
individual, and is the means of bringing to man success when he has no advan -
tages of wealth or influence to aid him. It illustrates in no uncertain man-
ner what it is possible to accomplish when perseverance and determination:
form the keynote to a man's character.

Mr. Starr was born in Templeville, Queen Anne county, Maryland, March
12, 1 86 1, a son of Philemon J. and Georgiana A. (Baxter) Starr. The father,
a son of Aquilla and Sarah Starr, was born in Caroline county, Maryland,
May 2, 1832, and was reared on the home farm, but after attaining his major-
ity he served an apprenticeship to the mercantile business, which he followed
during the remainder of his life. At the age of fourteen 3'ear3 he united with
the Methodist Episcopal church, was an active worker in its interest, and at

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one time was a licensed exhorter. On the 7th of October, 1858, he was
united in marriage with Miss Georgiana A. Baxter, who was an exemplary
Christian woman and a kind and indulgent mother. Five children were born
of this union, of whom two are still living, — William G. and Anna E. After
the death of his wile the father removed to Iowa, but remained there only
a short time, and then came to Blooming Grove, Indiana, where he engaged
in mercantile business. He was again married, August 4, 1872, his second
union being with Susan Parrott, by whom he had three children: Minnie May,
born May 31, 1873; Charles C, born August 28, 1874; and J. Lurton, Feb-
ruary 14, 1882. Two years prior to his death Mr. Starr removed to Indian-
apolis, where he departed this life February 25, 1894, at the age of nearly
sixty-two years. He was buried in Sims cemetery, near Fairfield, under the
auspices of Everton Lodge, No. 139, I. O. O. F., of which he was an hon-
ored member. He was a most worthy and esteemed citizen, a prominent and
successful business man, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal
■church, and forwarded all enterprises which he believed would prove of
public good.

William G. Starr attended school until sixteen years of age and thus
acquired a good practical education. He began his business career by work-
ing by the month on the farm, and during the winter of 1879-80 was
employed in the Yankeetown gristmill. In 1882 and 1883 he worked in the
Blooming Grove tile factory, and the following year purchased of T. E. Powers
the store he has since conducted, that gentleman being his father's successor.
The same year he was appointed postmaster, and has since filled that office.

On the 23d of April, 1885, Mr. Starr married Miss Minnie A. White, a
•daughter of Alexander S. and Martha (Webb) W'hite, who are represented
elsewhere in this volume. This union has been blessed with six children:
Monroe, George, Edgar, Martha, Anna and Gilbert. Mr. Starr is an upright,
reliable business man, who began business for himself without capital, pur-
chasing his stock on credit, and he is meeting with most excellent success.
Socially he is quite prominent, belonging to Fairfield Lodge, No. 98, F. &
A. M. ; Blooming Grove Lodge, No. 134, K. P.; Magnolia Lodge, No. 80,
I. O. O. F. ; and K. K. Tribe, No. 205, I. O. R. M. In politics he is a
Republican, being the incumbent as trustee of Blooming Grove township, in
Avhich office he has served acceptably for more than four years.

JOSEPH YAGER.

This gentleman is one of the worthy citizens that the neighboring state
•of Ohio has furnished to Indiana. He was born in Bluffton, Ohio, March 12,
1848, and was a son of Joseph and Mary (Wynans) Yager, both of whom are
-deceased. The Yager family is of German origin. The father was a farmer

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by occupation and was a prominent member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the Masonic fraternity. In the family were eight children,
namely: Clark; Susan, deceased; George; Joseph; Margaret, wife of Smith
Protzenan, of Dayton, Ohio; John, a resident of Birmingham, Alabama;
Alice, wife of George Clark, of Williamsburg, Indiana; and Clara, deceased.

To the common schools of his home neighborhood Joseph Yager is
indebted for the educational privileges which he received. Early in life he
began the business of clearing the stumps from land and thus rendering it fit for
cultivation. He was thus engaged at the time of the civil war, but putting
aside all business and personal consideration he entered his country's service
in Company H and was transferred to Company C, Eighth Ohio Cavalry,
and valiantly followed the stars and stripes. After his return to the north he
engaged in the sale of dynamite and in blasting rocks and stumps over various
parts of Indiana and Ohio. In 1892 he took charge of Earlham cemetery
and has since acted as sexton, planning and overseeing all improvements.
Since taking charge he has done much grading, built an office and fence, and
otherwise greatly beautified the silent city.

In 1873 ^Ir. Yager was united in marriage to Miss Clara, daughter of
John and Mary Brasher, now deceased, who lived at Green's Fork, \^'ayne
county, Indiana. Their children are: William, Pearl, Thomas and Harold.
Socially Mr. Yager is connected with the Order of Knights of Pythias and
the Improved Order of Red Men. He has led an active, busy and useful life,
and possesses many sterling traits of character.

M. L. YOUNG. •

M. L. Young, who for a score or more years has been numbered among
the progressive business men of Cambridge Cit}-, has always taken an
aggressive and public-spirited part in all movements tending toward the
improvement of the town.

The parents of our subject, Hezekiah and iMelinda (Castle) Young, were
natives of Maryland, where their entire lives were spent. M. L. Young was
born April 25, 1849, in Middletown, Maryland, and in his boyhood attended
the public schools of Middletown and Baltimore. He was an apt student,
and subsequently to his leaving school he engaged in teaching in Henry
county, Indiana, in which endeavor he met with gratifying success. After
he had been thus employed for several terms he turned his attention to other
•lines of business. Since 1875 he has been identified with the interests of
Wayne county, and since 1880 he has conducted a sample room, of which
he is the owner and proprietor. He thoroughly understands the business,
and, earnestly striving to meet the wishes of his patrons, justly deserves the
favor which is accorded him by the public. His bar is stocked with the

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choicest wines and liquors and has tlie patronage of the better class in
the city.

In a political point of view Mr. Young is in favor of the Republican
■party platform, using his ballot on behalf of the nominees of that organiza-
tion. In 1 888 he was elected to the council of Cambridge City, and at each
successive election he has been continued in office. He is a member of
Osage Tribe, No. 93, Improved Order of Red Men. In 1887 Mr. Young was
united in marriage to Miss Lydia Wissler, and two children, Estella and
Charles O., have blessed their union. Mrs. Young, a well educated, cult-
ured lad)', is a daughter of Daniel Wissler, a well known citizen of
this place.

WILLIAM M. HUNT.

William M. Hunt, of Green township, comes of a family who have been
intimately associated with the history of Wayne county for almost a century,
during which time the unbroken forests have given place to fertile farms, with
multitudes of happy homes and flourishing villages. In this great work of
progress the Hunts have borne an important part, and at all times they have
been relied upon to do everything in their power for the permanent good of
the community.

Charles Hunt, great-grandfather of William M., was a native of the
colon}' of New Jersey, born in 1742. When he arrived at manhood he mar-
ried Francina Smith and removed to Rowan county. North Carolina. They
had nine sons and five daughters, namely: Jonathan, James, Mary, Timothy,
Rebecca, George, John, Sarah, Smith, William, Nancy, Catherine, Charles
and Stephen Gano. Rebecca and Mary married and removed to Kentucky,
and the others with their father, Charles Hunt, located in what is now Wayne
■county, Indiana, and their descendants are doubtless to be found in all parts
■of the union. Timothy Hunt, the grandfather of our subject, married Isabel
Dewey, and in 1805 emigrated from North Carolina to Ohio, and the follow-
ing year came to the wilderness of Indiana. Entering land in what later was
known as Abington township, Wayne county, he made a home on the then
western border of civilization, and passed the rest of his life in that localit)'.
The only survivor of his household is Charles Hunt, who still resides on the
■old home place where he was born, in Abington township. There were two
other sons, Andrew and Levi, and the only daughter, Eliza, became the wife
of Samuel Fonts, and removed to Adams county, Indiana. Charles Hunt
has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, as were his ancestors, and has ■
improved and cultivated his farm successfully. His companion and helpmate
along life's journey was formerly Miss Lucinda Jarvis, her parents being Ben-
jamin and Sarah Jarvis, pioneers of Boston township, Wayne county, where
■the birth of Mrs. Hunt took place. The marriage of Charles Hunt and wife

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was blessed with three sons, Benjamiu, Frank T. and WiUiani M. P'^rank,
who was born February 27, 1S37, died February 16, 1862, unmarried. Ben-
jamin, whose death occurred in 1890, left seven children, five of whom are
sons.

William M. Hunt was born in Abington township, Wayne county, July
30, 1S40, on the same farm where his father's birth had occurred, in 18 13,
and his grandfather had located in 1806. He was reared to a thorough and
practical knowledge of farming and in his boyhood attended not only the
district schools but the college at Centerville, Wayne county. Oh the 9th
of February, 18C4, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-
fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and upon the organization of
the company was made first sergeant. June 13, 1865, he was promoted to
the second lieutenancy, in which position he continued to serve until his
discharge, August 31, following. His regiment was included in Hovey's
famous brigade, and participated in General Sherman's Atlanta campaign, —
Peach Tree Creek, Resaca, and other noted battles. The One Hundred
and Twenty-fourth was detached and sent to the reinforcement of General
Thomas, who was operating against the rebel forces in the vicinity of Nash-
ville, and, as every one knows, the campaign resulted in the success of the
Union troops and the destruction of Hood's command. Then ordered to
join General Sherman on the Atlantic coast, our subject and his regiment
■carried out that program, going by way of Washington to the south, and
subsequently taking part in the battle of Goldsboro, North Carolina. They
•were mustered out of the army at Greensboro, North Carolina, and, return-
ing to Indianapolis, were honorabl}' discharged.

The autumn of 1865 found Mr. Hunt at his old home in Abington town-
ship, resuming his accustomed occupations. He was married September 25,
1 866, to Miss Josephine S. Lewis, daughter of Joseph and Patsy (Boyd)
Lewis, pioneers of this county. The father was born in North Carolina,
February 6, 1794, a son of John and Sarah Lewis, and the mother, who was
a daughter of Samuel K. and Isabella Boyd, was born in Kentucky, Novem-
ber 27, iSoo. This worthy couple, Joseph and Patsy (Boyd) Lewis, came to
this state at an early day and settled upon the farm now owned by Mrs. Hunt,
.and here they dwelt until death. They were not long separated, for Mr.
Lewis passed away March 4, 1882, and his wife died upon the 22d of Octo-
ber following.

Mrs. Josephine S. Hunt was born upon the old homestead where her
whole life was passed, September 10, 1840, and was summoned to the silent
land December 22, 1893. Three children were born to our subject and his
wife, namely. Lorinda M., October 9, 1867; Frank J., March 25, 1869;
^Jartha L., September 19, 1875. The two daughters are deceased, the elder

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one having passed away February 2, 1879, and the younger died on the 15th
of December, 1893. Mr. Hunt thus was bereaved of his wife and daughter
within the short space of one week. The son was married April 26, 1893,
to Miss Meda Johnson, and they have one daughter, Josephine, born Decem-
ber 14, 1S94. On the 5th of July, 1898, William M. Hunt married ?\Irs.
Anna Ballai*d, widow of W. A. Ballard, and daughter of John A. and Erne-
line (Irwin) Hamilton. Mrs., Hunt is a native of Greenville, Ohio, her birth
having occurred during the progress of the civil war, on the r2th of May,
1S63.

Fraternally Mr. Hunt is an honored member of the Grand /\rmy of the
Republic, and is identified with the Masonic order. He is a faithful member
of the Baptist church, and is actively interested in all religious, educational
or progressive enterprises which in his estiaiation tend toward the advance-
ment and happiness of the public. In his political belief he is a Republican.
He enjovs the respect of the community in which he is so well known, and is
fullv entitled to the high esteem in which he is held by his neighbors and
acquaintances.

'• LINVILLE FERGUSON.

Probabh" no one has borne a more active part in the development of
Wayne county than Linville Ferguson, an honored resident of ^^'ashington
township for about eighty-three years. He has been a witness of the vast
changes which have been brought to pass in this region, whereby the forest
and dense wilderness has been leveled, giving place to beautiful farm lands,
with multitudes of prosperous homes and thriving towns. In numerous
wa\'s he has proved him-elf to be an enterprising, public-spirited citizen,
ever anxious to promote the good of the majority and to maintain all insti-
tutions which have made our country what it is to-day.

The paternal ancestors of Linville Ferguson emigrated from Scotland to
the United States in the early part of the last century, first settling in
Virginia, whence some of the family went to Wilkes county. North Carolina.
There Micajah, the father of our subject, was born, in 1783, he being a son
of Thomas Ferguson. The marriage of Micajah and Frances Isbell, whose
birth had occurred in the same county July 2, 1791, was solemnized at the
home of her parents, Thomas and Discretion (Howard) Isbell, on the 25th
of September, 1808. Three of their children, Matilda, Horton and Lin-
ville, were born in Wilkes county; Thomas Isbell, whose English fore-
fathers had first resided in Virginia upon their arrival in this countr}- and
later went to North Carolina, served for five years in the colonial army
during the Revolution, enlisting when but eighteen years of age. He and
his relatives were Primitive Baptists, and were opposed, politicalh", to the
Fergusons, who were stanch defenders of the principles of Thomas Jefferson

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and Andrew Jackson. The latter family were ardent supporters of the old-
school Baptist denomination.

In the spring of 18 16 Micajah Ferguson and family came to Wayne
county and located upon a tract of land which he purchased. This place,
situated three miles south of Milton, was unimproved save that it had a
cabin and a small patch of ground cleared. With determination and com-
mendable zeal the father started upon the difficult task of clearing away the
forest of poplar and walnut trees, and in time was rewarded by fine, fertile
fields, where excellent crops of grain were raised. Cincinnati was the chief
market for years, and after the Whitewater canal was constructed in 1837
the farmers prospered much more than before, as they were enabled to
transport their crops cheaper and more expeditiously. During the first few
years the hardy pioneers often were obliged to subsist upon wild turkey and
hominy for several weeks, as their supply of flour and meal would run out.
Game was very plentiful, and the Indians had not yet departed for western
reservations. Mr. Ferguson raised live stock, and, driving them to Cincin-
nati, received good prices for them. At various times he entered tracts of
land in different localities, some of this property now being within the cor-
porate limits of Indianapolis. After a long and useful life, replete with
deeds that challenged the praise of every one, he retired, and passed a few
years with his son Linville, dying in 1866, at the ripe age of eighty-three
years. His wife, who had been a true helpmate through all the privations
and hardships which fell to their lot in the frontier in an early day, was sum-
moned to her reward, October 23, 1S71.

Only three of the children born to this worthy couple are now living.
The oldest, Matilda, became the wife of Joel Hiatt; Horton married Martha
Hunt; Linville was the third in order of birth; Salena first married C. Saxton
and later Joseph Colwell; Savannah married I. B. Loder; Livingston wedded
Elizabeth Gilland and subsequently Ursula F. Carver; Finley, now of Kansas,
married Laura Elwell and Anna Armstead; Sanford, born Mav 29, 1828, died
February 25, 1S33; Ivilby, a minister of the Christian church in Alabama,
married M. J. Sinks; Jane, born March 13, 1833, died December 8, 1841;
and Olive, born May 31, 1835, died February 28, 1854.

Linville Ferguson, born in North Carolina, August 17, 181 5, was but six

months old when he was brought to this county. As there were no schools

in the country at that early day he had no educational opportunities, and

indeed the first consideration was work, and that of the hardest kind. Early

and late he and his father and brothers toiled at the task of clearing the

forest-covered homestead, and in later years at the cultivation of the soil.

He used nearly three thousand rods of tiling in building tile drainage. His

father was a wheelwright, and the lad learned to use the tools and finally
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became an excellent carpenter, many houses and other buildings at Milton
and in the vicinity being erected by him in his young manhood. In 183S he
was married and located upon a quarter-section of land which his father
gave him. This property, situated in Fayette count}', was heavily timbered,
but the first year the young man cleared about ten acres, on which he raised
a good crop of corn. This was the beginning of his prosperity, as gradually
the forests sank beneath his ax and fertile fields were opened to the sunlight.
Later he bought more land until he owns and has cleared four hun-
dred and sixty acres altogether, making also other improvements of
value. At one time he owned fifteen hundred acres, but to each of his chil-
dren he gave land and sufficient mone}' to enable him to make a fair start
in independent life.

Mr. Ferguson was one of the first men actively engaged in the stock
business in this county, and for forty years he continued in this line of enter-
prise, succeeding when man}- of his neighbors utterly failed. For twent3'-five
years he handled nothing but the finest export cattle. He was very system-
atic, and each year in March turned his cattle into his fine large blue-grass
pastures, keeping them there and feeding them corn in quantities until August,
•when he would drive them to the city markets and obtain high prices. The
remainder of the year the pasture was vacated, and the next spring there
■would be another fine crop of grass. Then for a long time he was associ-
ated with some other business men in the packing of pork at Connersville.
In 1870 he helped to organize the Cambridge City National Bank, which
was capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars. He was one of the large
-stockholders, and for twenty-three years was connected with the flourishing
institution, fifteen years of this period being its president. Though he inves-
ted in numerous concerns he usually succeeded financially, the most notable
-exception being when he lost heavily in the Milton drill factory, of which
he was a director.

In his political standing Mr. Ferguson is a Democrat. He served as
■one of the trustees of his township for ten years under the old appointive
system, and then acted for a similar term of years after the office was made
an elective one. During this time he was instrumental in the building of all
■of the school-houses of Posey township. But higher honors and responsi-
ibilities awaited him, and, being elected to the position of county commis-
sioner, he served as such for three years, to the satisfaction of all concerned.
'Then he was his party's candidate for representative several times, being
■defeated by the preponderance of the opposite party.

The lady chosen to be his companion and helpmate through life bore the
maiden name of Elizabeth Loder. She is a daughter of John and Isabel
(Ringland) Loder, pioneers of Fayette county, Indiana. Her father was

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born in Essex county, New Jersey, August 10, 17S0, and in 1797 went to
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked as a cooper, and later he went to the
mouth o{ the Big Miami river, and two years subsequently became a property-
owner in Hamilton, Ohio. September 25, 1806, he married Isabel Ringland,
who was of Irish descent, born May 31, 1785. Three of their chihJren were
born near Hamilton. — James, Harriet Christy and Mary J. In 1815 they
sold out and removing to this section, then called Indiana territory, invested
in land in Fayette county. Here he worked at his trade and cleared and
cultivated his farm, ultimately becoming well-to-do. While in Ohio he voted
for members of the first constitutional convention, and after coming to this
state he voted for men who framed our first constitution. He was a life-long
Democrat and an earnest worker for the party. He died at the residence of
our subject, in 1863, and five years later, June 23, 1S68, his wife passed to
her reward, and both are resting in the Bentonville cemetery. Mrs. Fergu-
son is next to the youngest of their five children, and with her sisters —
Sarah A., wife 01 T. Beeson, and Amanda E. , wife of G. Wright — was born
in Fayette county. Her sister, Harriet C, became the wife of James McCul-
lom, and Mary J. is Mrs. H. Shortridge.

The five children born to our subject and wife are as follows; Oliver, a
business man of Milton; Savanna, wife of Lazarus Monger, a farmer; Elmer,
who died at the age of twelve years; Emma, wife of O. Thornburg, a farmer
and stock-dealer; and Charley, who is now carrying on the old homestead,
apparently having inherited his father's talent as an agriculturist and financier.
In 1883 Linville Ferguson purchased an eight-acre plat of ground, finely
located and having a commanding view of Milton and the surrounding coun-
try, and here he has erected a commodious home, where he and his loved wife
are passing their declining years supplied with the competence to which past
years of toil richly entitle them. The}' are greatly loved and respected by
all who know them, and it is safe to say that few are more widely known
throughout this region, or have more sincere friends.

JOHN CRAWFORD.

John Crawford was born August 11, 1841, on the farm upon which he
now resides, and is a son of Alex and Eliza (Case) Crawford. Aiex Craw-
ford was a native of Scotland, but came to Ohio and located at Harrison,
where he was engaged in running a still. Later, in 1834, he came to Frank-
lin county, Indiana, and bought a farm of two hundred and twenty-eight
acres, the present homestead of our subject. He was "generous and liberal,
contributing with a free hand both to the poor and to the church. At an
early age he became identified with the Presbyterian church, in Scotland, but
after coming here was at such distance from any society of that denomina-

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tion that he was unable to attend service as he would have liked. He died
in 1881, and his death was considered' a loss to the entire communitj'. His
wife, Eli/a (Case) Crawford, was a native of New Jersey. She lived to the
age of sevent}' years, and died in 1871. I-Ier family were people of means,
and for several generations had been prominently known throughout New
jersey.

The opportunity afforded John Crawford for obtaining an education was
limited, consisting of a few weeks' attendance, during the winter, in the dis-
trict school, at best but a very primitive institution. His services were needed
in assisting his father with the farm work, and in this he was an apt pupil.
He continued to work for his father until he was twenty-two years of age.
and displayed marked ability in the management of a farm. He then rented
the farm, on shares, until his father's death, when he came into possession
of the homestead.

Mr. Crawford was married November 16, 1875, to Miss Mary A. Lemon,
a daughter of Richard and Eliza (Mclveown) Lemon. I^ichard Lemon was
of German descent, and settled in Franklin county about -1827. He was
possessed of a liberal education and was a leading citizen, active in public
affairs and justice of the peace for several years. His death occurred on
September 21, 1889. His wife, Eliza (Mcl\.eown) Lemon, came to America
from her native country, Ireland, when she was si.x years old. To Richard
Lemon and wife were born six children, — Hester, wife of Orlando Allen;
Mary A., wife of Mr. Crawford; 'William, deceased, who married May Field;
Lizzie, wife of Robert Blacker, who was drowned at Scipio, after which she
married Frank Field; Ella, wife of Albert Mead; and John. An uncle of Mrs.
Crawford, William Lemon, resides at Cincinnati,, Ohio. Her grandmother,
Sophia Post, died September 21, 1897, at the age of one hundred and two
years. Not only did she attain a remarkable age, but she also retained her
faculties. Mrs. Crawford is an earnest member of the Presbyterian church
and has reared her family in that faith. The children are: Nettie S., born
July 30, 1876; Alexander, born October 14, 1877; Clement, born January 11,
1880; Blanche, born February 19, 1882; Lydia, born November 26, 1S84;
Robert, born April 2, 1887; and Edith, born September 24, 1889.

HYATT L. FROST.

It is not difficult to conjecture what manner of man is Mr. Frost. In
a republican country where merit must win, we can tell much of his life.
Wealth may secure a start but it cannot maintain one in a position where
brains and executive ability are required. Mr. Frost did not have wealth to
aid him in the beginning of his business career. His reliance has been placed
in the more substantial qualities of perseverance, untiring enterprise, resolute

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purpose and commendable zeal, and withal his actions have been j^uided by
an honest)' of purpose that none have questioned. He is a true type of
western progress and enterprise. His intellectual energy, professional
integrity, prudent business methods and reliable sagacity have all combined
to make him one of the ablest attorneys and business men of Connersville.

A native of Fayette county, he was born in Harrisburg, June 28, i860,
a son of Eli and Melsena (Kerschner) Frost. His paternal grandparents,
James and Sophia (Kelly) Frost, natives of Putnam county. New York, came
to Indiana, in 1836, and took up their residence near Harrisburg, Fayette
county, where the former followed the occupation of farming until called from
this life the same year. His wife survived him many years, dying in 1866.
In their family were nine children, four sons and five daughters. The fathef
of our subject was born in Putnam county. New York, in 1831, and in 1839
he accompanied his parents on their removal to this state and was reared on
the farm near Harrisburg. During his youth he learned the wagonmaker's
trade at Connersville of a Mr. Dale, and for ten years he followed that line
of work. Since then he has devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits.
His wife died July 26, 1886, at the age of fifty-six years. To them were
born si.x children, — three sons and three daughters.

Our subject spent his boyhood and youth at Harrisburg, and the educa-
tion he acquired in the common schools was supplemented by a short course
in a normal school. At the country school he was a hard student and very
apt, being always near the head of his class, though the )'oungest. For his
age, however, he was ver}' tall. He is now six feet and one inch high and
weighs two hundred pounds. Practically he obtained all his school education
in the country schools of Harrison township, Fayette county. Before the
age of sixteen he commenced teaching and followed that occupation for four
years, his schools being given him without his solicitation, and during this time
he continued his studies so that he might be better fitted for a professional
life. In the upper grade of the Bentonville school, his last charge, he com-
pleted the term before he was twenty years old. At the age of twenty he
took up the study of law in the office of L. W. & G. C. Florea, of Conners-
ville, and was admitted to the bar in 1881, at the first term of court after
attaining his majority. Since then he has successfully engaged in practice at
Connersville, being in partnership for about ten years with Reuben Connor,
under the firm name of Connor & Frost. He is now a member of one of the
strongest and most popular law firms of the city, — that of McKee, Little &
Frost. He is an earnest advocate and a painstaking, careful office lawyer,
with many important interests entrusted to him. Financially as well as pro-
fessionally Mr. Frost has met with success through his well directed efforts,
and is now the owner of two good farms near Connersville; is a director and

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attorne}' of the Faj'ette Savings & Loan Association; is a stockholder of the
Connersville Buggy Company, and a director of the Conni^rsville Blower
Company, of which he was one of the organizers and has been a director
since 1893.

On the 10th of June, 1S82, Mr. Frost married Miss Dora Berkhiser, of
Fayette county, by whom he has one daughter, Jessie M. Socially he
affiliates with the Masonic order and with Connersville Lodge, No. 379, B. P.
O. E., and politically is identified with the Republican party. He served as
mayor of the city from September, 1894, to September, 1898, and the reins
of city government were never in more capable hands, for he is a progressive
man, pre-eminently public-spirited; and all that pertains to the public welfare
receives his hearty endorsement. In manner he is genial and courteous, and
his friends are numerous throughout the county.

EDWAI^D H. ERK.

Among the younger representative business men of Richmond is Edward
H. Erk, the secretary and treasurer of the Westcott Carriage Company. He
was born in Wayne county, Indiana, December 14, 1865, and has spent his
entire life within its borders, so that his record is inseparably connected with
its history. His parents, Henry H. and Cathrine (Tyling) Erk, were natives
of Amsterdam, Holland. The father left the place of his birth in 1848 and
crossed the Atlantic to New York city, where he remained until 1855, when
he took up his abode in Cincinnati. Ohio. In 1859 he came to Wayne
county and was first engaged in the marble business, after which he devoted
his energies to the conduct of a grocery. He married Miss Tyling, who had
come to America when six years old with her parents. They died in Cincin-
nati two years later of cholera. They had three daughters, one of them
being Louise, now the wife of Harmon Mohring, of Cincinnati. Unto Henry
H. and Cathrine Erk were born seven children: Henry, a resident of Rich-
mond; Elizabeth, wife of John Sieck, also of Richmond; Charles H., a
resident of the same city; Edward H. ; Matilda, wife of Otto Shuman;
Rudolph A. and Thomas, of Richmond.

Edward H. Erk acquired his preliminary education in the public schools
of Richmond and supplemented it by a course in the Richmond Business
College, thereby being well fitted for the practical duties of life. On attain-
ing his majority he accepted a position as a clerk in the hardware store of
John Rollings, with whom he remained for two and a half years, when he
became his father's assistant in the grocery. Soon afterward, however, he
returned to the hardware trade as an employe of Creamer & Clements, of
Richmond, with which firm he continued for five years, when he went upon
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of Indianapolis, Indiana, and after five and a half years purchased an interest
in the Creamer & Scott Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of carriages,
at Milton, Indiana. Two 3'ears later the plant was removed to Richmond,
and the business has since developed into one of the most important indus-
tries of the city. The firm continued business under the corporate name of
the Creamer-Scott Company until 1897, when a reorganization was effected
and the name changed to the Westcott Carriage Company. Of the new
company Mr. Erk was made secretary and treasurer. He is an enterprising
3'oung business man, whose diligence and ability have won him continued
advancement, and from a clerkship he has risen to a prominent position in
industrial circles in Richmond.

On the 20th of May, 1890, Mr. Erk was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob D. and Hannah (Smith) Buss, natives of Mon-
roe county, Pennsylvania. On leaving the Keystone state they removed to
the village of Rawson, Ohio, where Mrs. Erk was born. The mother died
in 1880, at the age of forty-two years, leaving four children: Loa, wife of
Lewis Runkle; John Smith; Ella, wife of Oscar E. Palmer; and Elizabeth,
the honored wife of our subject. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Erk have been born
three children: Leota Mosella, born September 20, 1892; Henry Dewitt,
born June i, 1895; and Oscar Eugene, born March 3, 1898. Long residence
in Richmond has made Mr. Erk well known to its citizens, and the fact that
some of his stanchest friends are numbered among those who have known
him from boyhood indicates an upright life.

JOHN A. FRIES.

John A. Fries, the well known brick-manufacturer of Brookville, Frank-
lin county, Indiana, is a son of Anthony and Margaret (Miller) Fries, and
was born in this city thirty-one years ago. Anthony Fries was a native of
Austria and emigrated to this country when a lad of sixteen years. With
the pluck which characterized his after life he came to the new country alone.
He first stopped in the Meeker neighborhood and learned the cooper trade.
He was with Hamilton Meeker several years and then went to Cincinnati,
afterward going on to Hamilton, Ohio, where he started a shop of his own,
manufacturing barrels and kegs for the Dodtsworth Distilling Company.
Later he moved to Wolf's creek and started a stave factory in company with
Stephen Egbert, soon, however, buying the latter's interest in the concern
and moving the plant to Brookville and locating on the site occupied by the
brick works. In connection with the stave works he conducted a general
merchandise establishment for a short time, but this was discontinued and
the stave factory was sold to a Mr. Fisher. This was in 1878, and he next
engaged in the manufacture of brick on a small scale. His first brick were

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made by hand, and six years later he bought his first machine, which was
run by horse power. Three years later the demand for his brick had
increased to such an extent that it was found expedient to add a steam plant.
Additions and improvements were made from time to time until the plant
reached its present capacit\- of about two and one-half millions per year. The
plant at Connersville was established in 1892, and has an output of two and
one-half million brick per year. In addition to this enterprise, Mr. Fries some
years ago drilled eight gas wells, the first in the state of Indiana, and sup-
plied Brookville and vicinity with gas. His ventures in business were not
always attended with success, yet in spite of that fact he was a prosperous
man. He was a leader in politics, a strong Democrat, and was elected county
treasurer, but refused to serve. He was a member of St. Michael's Cath-
olic church, in which he held the office of trustee. He was large-hearted
and liberal, — much too liberal for his own good, and if a neighbor was in
need of financial aid ]\Ir. Fries was never asked in vain. While a resident of
Hamilton he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Miller, who came to
that locality with her brother George from Germany when she was nineteen
years of age. The brother died at Jeffersonville, Ohio. The union of this
estimable couple resulted in the birth of the following children: Barbara,
wife of John Seiwert, of Cincinnati; Elizabeth, widow of Peter Seiwert, of
the same city; Anthony, Jr., also of Cincinnati; George M., of Connersville,
this state; John .\. , our subject; and Joseph and Anna, of Brookville. George
M. Fries has charge of the works at Connersville, where both brick and tile
are manufactured.

John A. Fries received his education in the parochial schools and learned
every detail of his father's business, so that he was able to take the principal
management of it in 1891, and Was successor to his father at the latter's
death in 1S92. This is one of the leading industries of Franklin county and
gives employment to a number of men. Like his esteemed father, our sub-
ject is a Democrat in his political convictions, and a member of St. Peter's
Benevolent Society. His energy and executive ability have placed him
among our foremost business men, while his genial and kindly bearings make
him no less a favorite in society.

STEPHEN S. STRATTAN, Jr.

One of the representative young business men of Richmond is Stephen
S. Strattan, Jr., who was born in this city in 1868, and is a son of Stephen
S. Strattan, Sr. In the public schools of the city he acquired his preliminary
education, which was supplemented by a course in DePauw University, in
which institution he was graduated in the class of 1891. This course,
together with the business training received under his father, well fitted him

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for the practical and responsible duties of life. From 1884 until 18SS he
tilled the position of deputy county treasurer under his father, and in 1S92,
after the completion of his collegiate course, he became associated with the
firm of Gaar, Scott & Company, as paymaster. His close application
and fidelity to duty won him advancement and he is now a director and sec-
retary of the mammoth concern. He is also a director of the Second National
Bank of Richmond, and possesses all the essential qualifications of the suc-
cessful business man, placing his reliance in indefatigable energy, persever-
ance and careful management.

In May, 1892, Mr. Strattan was united in marriage to Miss Rubv Gaar,
a daughter of Abram Gaar, deceased; and for her father their only child is
named. They are both widely known in the city where their entire lives
have been passed, and have the warm regard of a very large circle of
friends.

WILLIAM H. COOK.

Numbered among the most enterprising business men of Richmond,
\\'ayne county, is William H. Cook, whose whole life, since he was a child,
has been spent in this immediate vicinity. A native of Preble county, Ohio,
born May 9, 1S43, he received his education in the public schools of Wayne
township, this county, and finished his studies in the high school. Remain-
ing at home until he reached his majority he then engaged in farming and
other pursuits on his own account. For some eight years he made a good
inco.me from the burning of lime near Cox's Mills, north of Richmond. Sub-
sequentl}', he was one of the leading dairymen in the neighborhood of Rich-
mond, and during a period of about twelve years was prominent among those
■occupied in this line of business in the county. A few years ago he became
jfinancially interested in the milling business, and in partnership with J. C.
Boyd, under the firm name of Cook & Boyd, he has operated the old Cox
Mill, previously mentioned. Having met with gratifying success in his busi-
ness ventures thus far, Mr. Cook embarked in a totally different enterprise in
1S93, when, with Messrs. Wood and Swegman, he established a cold-storage
business on South Fifth street, Richmond, the style of the firm being Cook &
Company. This, too, has been a success, in ever\' point of view, and no
little credit is due Mr. Cook for the sound business sense and foresight that
marks all of his investments and transactions. Since he attained his major-
it_v he has been more or less engaged in bux'ing and selling live stock, ship-
ping to the city markets. Thus it may be seen that his life has been a very
active and busy one, that he has not deemed it prudent to risk everything
upon one venture and that his branching out into new lines of business has
been very beneficial, in a general way, to the local public. In politics he
uses his ballot in favor of Republican nominees and principles.

714 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

In tracing the ancestry of William H. Cook we find that he is a grand-
son of Seth and Ruth (Cook) Cook (distant relatives) and that they were
natives of South Carolina. At an early day the}' removed to Warren county,
Ohio, and in July, 1825, they became residents of Wayne county, Indiana.
Settling upon an eighty-acre tract of land which he bought, it being situated
four miles northeast of Richmond, Mr. Cook gradually increased the size of
his farm and purchased others, until he owned several hundred acres. A
fine business man and financier, he was of great benefit to the railroad then
being constructed from Dayton to Indianapolis, and by personal work and
effort he secured large subscriptions to the enterprise, thus securing its suc-
cess. In his zeal for this factor of civilization he made numerous speeches at
towns along the proposed route, and it was while he was thus employed that
he contracted the severe cold which resulted in his death, at the age of si.xt}--
one vears. However, he lived to see the road completed as far as New
Paris and to ride a short distance on the line. In religion he was an ortho-
dox Friend, and was always present at meetings in the Richmond church.
His wife, who lived to be eighty-eight years old, lacking twelve days, con-
tinued to reside on the old homestead, now owned by her grandson, John
Cook. She was a niece of John Townsend, a soldier of the Revolutionary
war, who reached the one hundredth anniversity of his birth, and died in
Wayne township, while his wife, Elva, lived to be past a century old. Three
of the eight children of Seth and Ruth Cook died when youtig, and the others
were Amos; Isaac, who lived on a farm adjoining the old homestead, and
died at about fift3'-five years; Elijah, who managed the old homestead and
is succeeded by his son John, as previously stated; Elizabeth, widow of Rob-
ert Commons, a farmer, is making her home with her children; and Mary,
who died at the age of about fifty-nine years and who had married Samuel
Crampton, of the vicinity of Portland.

Amos Cook, the father of William H., of this sketch, was born in War-
ren county, Ohio, near Waynesville, July 29, 18 19. When he was grown
he carried on a farm in Preble county, Ohio, belonging to his father, for two
years, and over a half a century ago he became the possessor of his fine
homestead in Wayne township, this county. He had received from his
father nearly six hundred acres of land, and his three farms comprised,
respectively, sixty, eighty and one hundred and sixty acres. On his home
farm there were large quarries, and for years he burned lime extensively,
receiving good prices for the product. At New Paris, Ohio, he was similarly
occupied, and the output of lime thus treated amounted to about thirty thou-
sand bushels a year. Politically he is a strong Republican, and religiously a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. For thirty years he has been
connected with this denomination, and he belongs to the First church of

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Richmond. For years he was a local preacher, and still occupies the pulpit
occasionally. Though he was reared as a Friend, he was turned out of that
church because he was married by a 'squire instead of in the customary manner
of the sect.

j\Iarch 30, 1842, Amos Cook and Miss Lydia Wright were united in mar-
riage, and after forty-six years of happy companionship Mrs. Cook passed to
the better land, October 19, 1888. She was born in Wayne township, in
1823, and was a daughter of Jonathan and Lydia Wright, who were cousins.
Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cook, William H. is the eldest. Syl-
vester lives with his father on the old homestead, and attends to its manage-
ment. He first married Lydia, daughter of David P. Groves, of Richmond,
and later Mary Pyle became his wife. He has two children: Lawrence, a
student in the Richmond high school; and Anna, who is at home.

William H. Cook chose for his wife Miss Angeline Co.x, of Wayne town-
ship, their marriage being celebrated, in 1864, at the home of her father,
Robert Cox. Lillian, who is at home, and Leslie R., a farmer, are the only
children of our subject and wife.

OLIVER M. THORNBURG.

The expression "the dignity of labor" is exemplified in the life record
of this gentleman, who without reserve attributes his success to earnest
work. He is a man of strong force of character, purposeful and energetic
and his keen discrimination and sound judgment are shown in his capable
management of one of the largest farms in Fayette county.

Mr. Thornburg is still a resident of Posey township, where he was born
August 31, 1852, and is a representative of one of the pioneer families of this
section of the state. His paternal grandfather, Henry Thornburg, a native
of North Carolina, moved to Warren county, Ohio, in 1814, and six years
later to Wayne county, Indiana. In March, 1822, he took up his residence
in Posey township, Fayette county, where in the midst of the forest he devel-
oped a farm, at the same time devoting a part of his attention to the manu-
facture of wagons, plows, etc., for the early settlers. On his arrival here
he was in limited circumstances, but, prospering in his undertakings, he
became the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of valuable land, and
upon that farm he spent the remainder of his days. Politically he was a
strong Whig and religiousl}' he was a member of the Society of Friends. His
children were as follows: John, who died in April, 1S31; Elizabeth, who
married S. Wilson and died in Iowa; Mrs. Eunice S. Charles, who is now
living in Henry county, Indiana; Milton, the father of our subject; and Mrs.
Hannah Mace}', who died in Iowa.

Milton Thornburg was born in North Carolina, July 4, 1812, and was a

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mere child when brought b\' his parents to this state, where he was reared
amidst pioneer scenes. Although he received only three months' schooling
during his entire life, he was a ver\' intelligent man and a born financier. He
early became familiar with the occupations of farming and stock-raising, and
with the first money he earned he entered three hundred and twent)^ acres
of land in Madison county, paying for the same in silver. This tract is now
owned bv our subject. The father had charge of the home farm. In 1833
he went to I\entucky, where he bought a herd of shorthorn cattle, being the
first to introduce that kind of stock in this part of Indiana. He also erected
and operated a sawmill, run by water power. After the death of his parents
he purchased the interests of the other heirs in the old homestead and
added to it other laud. In 1871 he moved to Wayne county, where he pur-
chased a fine homestead and a small tract of land near Cambridge City. He
was also a large stockholder in the First National Bank of that place and was
a director in the same for many years. He engaged in loaning money on
farm mortgages, and in all his undertakings met with marked success, so that
at his death he left a large estate. He was an old-time Abolitionist and a
Whig in politics, but was not strictly partisan. By birthright he was a
Quaker, but as he married outside of the church and refused to go before
that body and say he was sorry for what he had done he was consequently
turned out of the church. It was on the istof February, 1835, 3-t Knights-
town, that he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Charles, a native of
Wayne county, and they became the parents of the following children: John
C, born January 18, 1836, died November 18, 1866, leaving a wife and
three children; William, born June 27, 1838, died May 4, 1841; Elvira, born
October 29, 1841, died November 25, 1843; Thomas, born October 4, 1843,
died February 9, 1866; Emily, born August 8, 1846, died Februarys, 1872;
and Oliver M., our subject, completes the family.

During his boyhood Oliver M. Thornburg attended the common schools,
and under the able direction of his father obtained an excellent knowledge of
agricultural pursuits. He came into possession of the original homestead of
the family, which is pleasantly situated in Posey township, two and a half
miles south of Dublin, and has ever given his attention to farming and stock-
raising. In his home farm he now has six hundred and seventy acres, besides
a fine farm of three hundred and twenty acres in Madison county, and as his
wife also has two well improved farms in Fayette county he has under his
control fifteen hundred acres. He makes a specialty of stock-raising, keeping
horses, cattle and hogs, but gives most attention to shorthorn cattle, of which
he has a large herd. Some seasons he disposes of more than three car-loads.
He gives strict attention to his business interests and is acknowledged to be
one of the most energetic, progressive and successful men of his community.

BIOGRAPHICAL A\'D GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 717

His farms are all under a high state of cultivation and well improved. His
beautiful home is a two-story frame residence of modern architecture and is
supplied with all modern conveniences, including furnace for heating it. It
is situated on a high mound, surrounded b}- forest and ornamental trees and
shrubs, so that it is one of the most attractive places of the locality. Everv-
thing found upon a model farm can be seen upon his place, including all
improved machinery, for facilitating and making work easy, and also a
machine, run by steam power, for cutting and grinding feed. In his political
affiliation Mr. Thornburg is an ardent Republican.

On the 30th of September, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss
Emma B. Ferguson, a lady of culture and refinement, who was born August
29, 1859, and they have become the parents of four children: Bertie, born
August 9, 1876, died September 11, 1877; and Oliver Ray, born November
13, 1879; Linville Parke, born March 15, 1881, and Eva Pearl, born August
5, 1892, are all at home.

The Ferguson family is of Scotch origin and was founded in A'irginia in
the early part of the seventeenth century. Some of its members afterward
moved to Wilkes county. North Carolina. They were supporters of Jeffer-
son and Jackson, and down to the present time its representatives are all
strong Democrats, while in religious faith they are Baptists. Linville Fer-
guson, Mrs. Thornburg's father, was born in North Carolina, August 17,
1815, and was only about six months old when with his parents,. Micajah
and Frances (Isbell) Ferguson, he came to Indiana, in 1S16. His paternal
grandfather was Thomas Ferguson. His mother was born in Wilkes county,
North Carolina, July 2, 1781, a daughter of Thomas and Discretion (How-
ard) Isbell, whose ancestors emigrated from England and settled in North
Carolina. Thomas Isbell joined the Continental army at the age of eighteen
years and served for five years m the war of the Revolution. The Isbells
were opposed to Jefferson and Jackson in politics. To Micajah and Frances-
(Isbell) Ferguson were born the following children: Matilda, wife of Joel
Hiatt; Horton, who married Martha Hunt; Linville, father of Mrs. Thorn-
burg; Salena, who first married C. Saxton, and, second, Joseph Caldwell:.
Savanna, wife of J. B. Loder; Livingston, who first married Elizabeth Gil-
land and, second, Ursula F. Carver; Finley, who first married Laura Elwell
and, second, Anna Armstead; Sanford, who was born May 29, 1828, and
died February 25, 1833; Kilby, who married M. J. Sinks; Jane, who died
December 8, 1841, aged eight years; and Olive, who died in February, 1S54,
aged nineteen years.

Linville Ferguson was reared amidst the hardships and privations inci-
dent to frontier life, and his educational advantages were meager, on account
of poor school facilities in this region at that time. He assisted his father in

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improving and cultivating the farm and also in the shop, the father being a
wheelwright by trade. After attaining his majority he commenced carpen-
tering, which occupation he followed for several years. On his marriage, in
1838. he located on a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of heavily tim-
bered land in Posey township, Fayette county, given him by his father, and
in its development showed his strength and great endurance, as he labored
early and late to make for himself and family a home. Early in life he began
giving some attention to stock-raising, at first making a specialty of hogs,
and for a time was a member of a pork-packing firm at Connersville. He
also exported cattle for forty years, and was a large stockholder and one of
the organizers of the National Bank of Cambridge City, capitalized at one
hundred thousand dollars. He was connected with that corporation for
twenty-three years and served as its president fifteen years. He was a
recognized leader of the Democratic party in this community and was called
upon to fill a number of offices of honor and trust. He served as township
trustee, by appointment, ten years, and after the election law was passed he
was elected to the same office for ten years. He was county commissioner
for a number of years, and two or three times made the race for state repre-
sentative, but was defeated, as his party was in the minority. In all his
undertakings he has met with excellent success, with the exception of the
implement business at Milton, where he lost money, and he has accumulated
a handsome fortune, much of which he has already given to his children. In
1883 he purchased eight acres of land and erected thereon a pleasant resi-
dence, overlooking the city of Milton, where he is now living retired, at the
ripe old age of eighty-four years, and is enjoying a well earned rest. In
1838 Mr. Ferguson married Miss Elizabeth Loder, a daughter of John
Loder, who was born in Essex county. New Jersey, August 10, 1780. In
1797 her father went to Cincinnati, where he worked at the cooper's trade,
and after making one or two moves finally settled near Hamilton, Ohio. On
the 25th of September, 1806, he married Isabel Ringland, who was born
May 31, 1785, of Irish ancestry. After the birth of three children, near
Hamilton, Ohio, they removed to Fayette county, Indiana, in 1815. Here
Mr. Loder purchased land, and while clearing and improving his farm he
also worked at his trade. He died June 23, 1868, his wife in 1863, and the
remains of both were interred in Benton ville cemetery. Their children were:
James R. ; Harriet C, wife of James McCulloch; Mary J., wife of H. Short-
ridge; Sarah, wife of Temple Beeson; Elizabeth, mother of Mrs. Thornburg;
and Amanda E., wife of G. Wright. To Linville and Elizabeth (Loder)
Ferguson were born the following children: Oliver, a trader of Milton;
Savanna, wife of L. Munger; Elmer, who died at the age of twelve years;
Emma, wife of our subject; and Charley, who resides on the old homestead.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 710

WILLIAM H. BERRY, M. D.

The history of Franklui count}- would be incomplete without mention of
this worth}' representative of one of its most honored pioneer faimlies. His
entire life has been spent in Brookville, where he was born on the i2th of
October, 1840. He pursued his literary education in the public schools of
the city and in Brookville College, but put aside his text-books in 1862, in
order to respond to his country's call for aid, enlisting on the 5th of August
of that year as a member of Company B, Fourth Indiana Cavalry, with
which he served until May i, 1S63, when he was discharged on account of
illness.

Determinmg to make the practice of medicine his life work, he began
preparation for the profession under the direction of his honored father. Dr.
George Berry, and subsequently continued his studies in the Ohio Medical
College, in Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1867. He then opened an
■office in Brookville, and is now the second oldest practitioner in the city.
He has a large general practice, receiving the patronage of many of the best
families of the city and vicinity. Devoted to the noble and humane work
which his profession implies, he has proved faithful and has not only earned
the due rewards of his efforts in a temporal way, but has proved himself
worthy to exercise the important functions of his calling, through his ability,
his abiding sympathy and his earnest zeal in behalf of his fellow men.

On the 26th of June, 1873, Dr. Berry was united in marriage to Miss
Catharine Linck, of Brookville, Indiana, and unto them have been born four
■children: Charles, of Muncie, Indiana; and Blanche, Ethel and May, at
home. In his political connections the Doctor is a stanch Democrat. He
has been a member of the school board of Brookville for twenty-one consecu-
tive years, and no man in the city has done more to promote its educational
interests. He labors most earnestly for the upbuilding of the schools and the
uplifting of the standard of scholarship, and Brookville to-day is the pos-
sessor of schools of which all of her citizens are justl}' proud. Socially the
Doctor is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and for
•some years has been a member of the Knights of Honor. In manner he is
free from all ostentation and display, but his intrinsic worth is recognized
and his friendship is most prized b\' those who know him best, showing that
his character will bear the scrutiny of close acquaintance. He is a generous-
spirited, broad-minded man and is held in the highest regard in the county of
his nativit}'.

MATT. SHEW.

Matt. Shew was born in Canada, December 22, 185 i, and began busi-
iiess in Cambridge City, in 1891.

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SPENCER WILEY.

In the death of Spencer Wiley, FrankHn county lost one of her noblest
citi>iens, — one whose life was filled with good deeds unostentatiously per-
formed, and duties faithfully executed. In time of war and peace alike, he
was the ideal citizen, — patriotic, alive to the best interests of his country
and community, and zealous for their welfare.

Belonging to one of the pioneer families of Indiana, Spencer Wiley was
born on the site of the present city of Clarksburg, Decatur county, October
:;4, 1S24. His parents were James and Elizabeth Wiley, natives of Fred-
erick county, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, respectively. Both
had removed to the north with their parents when they were children, and
for the extremely long period of sixty-two years they pursued the journey of
life together. In 1830 James Wiley and family removed to this county and
made a permanent settlement on the banks of the Whitewater river, about
three miles west of the present town of Metamora. There Mr. X'N'ile}'
improved a farm and spent the rest of his days. His death occurred in 1872,
he outliving his devoted wife but a few months, as she passed to her reward
in August of the preceding year. They reared to maturity four sons and a
daughter, and each one of the number was over three-score years of age at
death. One child, Jerome, at the age of about four years, wandered into
the forest during the early part of the family's stay in Decatur count\', and
was lost. The others were named in order of birth: John, Jerome (the sec-
ond of the name), Spencer and Olive Elizabeth.

The boyhood and youth of Spencer Wiley were quietly passed under the
parental roof, where he was trained to be a good citizen and industrious
business man. In 1848 he was married, and at once located with his bride
upon a farm in Laurel township, Franklin county, his homestead being beau-
tifully situated on the banks of Salt creek. As time passed he made sub-
stantial improvements upon the place, which became known as one of the
most desirable in that locality. Starting out a poor man, he became well-
off in this world's goods by the exercise of the good common sense with
which he was endowed, and by strict attention to business.

When it became evident that the war of the Rebellion was not to be
settled by a few days of fighting, but that a real, serious contest, perhaps of
years, had been entered upon between the north and south, Mr. Wiley hast-
ened to offer his life and services to his country and the cause in which he
earnestly believed. Enlisting as a private in Company B, Thirty-seventh
Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, August 21, i86[, he was soon made a
corporal and later a sergeant. During the entire period — three years and
three months — of his army life he was actively engaged, taking part in manj-

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of the important battles of tlie war, with the Army of the Cumberland, incliiJ-
ino- Stone river, Chickamauga, Lookout mountain and others of equal rank.
He seemed to lead a charmed life, for, although he was in the forefront of
battle upon many an occasion, the bullets of the enemy alwa3's passed him
by. Upon the expiration of his term of service he was honorably discharged,
and reached his home about the ist of November, 1864. Two of his faithful
friends and comrades, members of the same company and regiment, were
John and George Hoffman (twins), brothers of Mrs. Wiley. George's life
was sacrificed to his country, his death occurring near Bacon Creek, Ken-
tucky, in 1862. John is now a resident of Rushville, Indiana.

On the 3d of December, 1848, Mr. Wiley married Miss Henrietta,
daughter of Daniel Hoffman. She was born at Elizabethtown, Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1S30, and was but three years old
when, in 1833, the family removed to Camden, Preble county, Ohio. In
August, 1839, they emigrated to Franklin county, Indiana, and settled upon
wild land, in Salt Creek township, which Mr. Hoffman entered from the
government. He cleared away the forests and developed a fine homestead,
where he and his estimable wife resided as long as they lived. He entered
the silent land October 19, 1874, at the ripe age of four-score years, three
months and twenty-eight days. His devoted wife did not long survive him,
as she died February 14, 1875, at the age of sixty-nine years, eight months
and twenty-seven days. They had lived happily together, sharing each
others joys and sorrows, for half a century, and even death did not long sep-
arate them. All of their five sons and four daughters attained mature years,
and in 1899 one of the sons and three of the daughters survive, namely:
John, already mentioned; Mary, wife of James Harley, of Laurel township,
and Mrs. Emeline Ward, of Lee county, Illinois. The third surviving daugh-
ter IS Mrs. Wiley.

Mr. Wiley was a man of wide information and general knowledge,
gained partly from observation and experience and partly from study and
reading. Prior to his marriage he traveled quite extensiveh-, and during the
gold excitement in the west he visited the Pacific coast, spending some time
in the gold fields and other places of interest. In his views he was broad-
minded and liberal, according to others that freedom of opinion which he
claimed for himself. His generosity and kindness of heart toward all man-
kind led to frequent acts of charity and service toward those who were
unfortunate, and many a person thus timely aided remembers him with
gratitude and high esteem. Mr. Wiley passed to the better land December 31,
1888, mourned by all who had known him. His widow, after living for
three years more on the old homestead where the two-score years of her
married life had been happily spent, then removed to Metamora, where she

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had erected a pleasant and attractive residence, and she expects to pass her
declining }-ears here. She is held in high regard by a large circle of old
friends and acquaintances, some of whom have known her during most of
the sixtv years of her residence in this count}'.

CHARLES R. UNTHANK.

Charles R. Unthank, ex-soldier and prominent citizen of Richmond,
Indiana, is a son of Pleasant and Sarah Ann (Pitts) Unthank, and was born
in Williamsburg, Wayne county, Indiana, November 22, 1846. Shortly
before the Revolution two brothers of that name came to the United States
and settled in North Carolina. They were from England, and one brother,
not content here, returned to Ireland. The other remained and founded the
Unthank family in North Carolina, having settled in Guilford county.

William Unthank, the grandfather of our subject, came from there to
Fountain City, this county, in 1826, and after a few years' residence moved
to Spiceland, Henry county, where he died. He was an agriculturist and
entered a tract of government land in that county. Being a conscientious
Quaker, he proved the sincerity of his religion by bringing his slaves to this
state from Carolina and here freeing them. The maiden name of his wife
was Anna Britton, by whom he had five children. She was of Welsh
descent and a minister of the Friends' church for almost eighty years, and
died at the age of ninety-six, after a life of usefulness and honor. She was
twice married, her second husband being William Hobbs, the father of
Barnabas C. Hobbs, state superintendent of public instruction, and a man
■well known in educational circles.

Pleasant Unthank, the father, was born in Guilford county, North Caro-
lina, in 1804, and was twenty-two years of age when the family moved to
Wayne county. He remained in Fountain City for several years in the mer-
cantile business, and later for some years in Williamsburg. In i860 he pur-
chased a farm at Webster, where he died in 1882. He was known as a man
in extensive mercantile business, and at the time of his death he owned a
:fine farm. In politics he was a Whig, an Abolitionist, and later a Repub-
lican, and was one of the active participants in the "underground railway,"
ibeing associated with Levi Coffin in that enterprise, and frequently shelter-
iing the fugitives in his own home. He was a prominent member of the
'Quaker church and rendered great assistance in the management of their
finances. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Coogle, by whom
he had two children, both now deceased. He was then married to Miss
Sarah Ann Pitts, who bore him four children, viz.: Charles R., the subject
of this sketch; James B., the president of Wilmington College, Ohio, a posi-
tion he has most acceptably filled for the past twenty-three years; Alice, a

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teacher for the past eighteen years and connected with the Richmond pubhc
schools; and Wilham H., clerk for Irven Reed & Son, hardware merchants
uf Richmond. Mrs. Unthank is a daughter of Cadwallader Pitls, a most
exemplary member of the Friends' church in those early days. He came
from Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1828, and settled in Greensboro,
Henry county, this state, where he entered government land and died
about the year 1856. He was a prosperous farmer and upright man. Two
children were born to him, both of whom are now living: Eliza, who is the
wife of Cyrus Henshaw, a prominent stock-raiser and farmer of Kennard,
Henry county; and Mrs. Sarah Ann Unthank, who resides in Richmond,
now in her eighty-third year. She is a woman who has through life possessed
a remarkable degree of intelligence and ability, and was at one time a
teacher, when our subject was a pupil in her school.

Charles R. Unthank received his education at Williamsburg and Web-
ster. When fifteen years and six months old he enlisted, in June, 1862, ni
Company I, Eighty-fourth Indiana, and served until the close of the war,
June, 1865, when he was discharged, at Nashville. He took part in the
engagements at Franklin, Triune, Buzzards' Roost, Chickamauga, and all the
battles of the Chattanooga campaign. W^as at Lookout mountain. Tunnel
Hill, Rocky Ridge, Dalton, Kingston, Resaca, Meadow creek. New Hope,
Snake creek, Kenesaw mountain and many other encounters. June 23, 1864,
he was captured at Kenesaw mountain and imprisoned at Andersonville,
Macon, Savannah, Thomasville and Charleston, being finally paroled March
26, 1865, after being in captivity nine months and three days. He received
thirty days' furlough, which was spent at home, when he rejoined his regiment
and was mustered out with them. He then took up private life on a farm at
Webster until 1867, when he moved to Richmond, where he has since lived
the greater part of his time. For six years he has been engaged in the gro-
cery and livery business.

Mr. Unthank was joined in marriage to Miss Mary E. Whitacre, of Web-
ster, on August 23, 1867. Mary E. Whitacre was the daughter of Milton and
Sarah (Bakehorn) Whitacre. She was born February 2, 1S49, at Webster,
^^'ayne county, and has lived in the county all her life. Originally they came
from the north of England, but have lived in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio
and Indiana for nearly two hundred years, Mrs. Unthank's great-grandfather
and grandfather having been born in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, and
her father in Wayne county, Indiana. Of the seven children born to Mr.
and Mrs. Unthank three are living, as follows: Albert, clerk for Bell & Gregg,
clothiers; Florence, the wife of Henry Sherman, who is a superintendent for
the J. M. Hutton Company, of Richmond; and Pleasant, a student of the
Richmond high school.

724 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Mr. Unthank was elected sheriff of the county in November, 1898, tak-
ing his office on the 15th of that month for a term of two years. He is an
active politician and has served as a delegate to conventions for years. He
is an honored member of Solomon jNferedith Post, G. A. R. , and has been
quartermaster, and post commander of Webster Lodge, No. 371, represent-
ing them in the grand lodge a number of times. He is also past chancellor
of the Knights of Pythias, and stands high in the public esteem as well as
among his brethren of the lodge.

JOSEPH C. GILMORE.

The subject of this brief sketch was born in Preble county, Ohio,
December 10, 1832. He was raised on a farm near Camden, Ohio. His
parents were natives of Virginia, who came to Preble county, Ohio, in 1825.
His father, Dr. Eli Gilmore, was one of the pioneer ph\'sicians of the west,
he being a regular practitioner, from the date of his settlement in Preble
county until his death in 1856. On December 10, 1858, Mr. Gilmore was
united in marriage to Miss Exira C. Larsh, a native of Preble county. Dur-
ing the civil war he enlisted in the Ninety-third Ohio Volunteer Infantr}-, but
served for only a short time, when he was honorably discharged on account
of failing health.

In 1863 he moved to College Corner, Ohio, where he resided on the
Indiana side of the state line in that town until 1895. In 1894 he was
nominated by the Republican party (of which party he has been a lifelong
member) as a candidate for the office of clerk of the circuit court, to which
office he was duly elected. He was again elected to the same office in 1898,
and his time will expire November i, 1903. He expressed himself as feel-
ing grateful to his friends for their confidence in placing him in the position
which he now occupies. Since his election to the office of clerk of the
court, he and his family have resided in Liberty.

JAMES C. SHOWALTER.

A leading agriculturist of Brownsville township is James C. Showalter,
who is now serving a term of four 3'ears as township trustee and for ten years
held the office of assessor of this township. Though he never fails in his
duty as a citizen, voter and officer, he is not a politician, nor is he desirous
of public office and emolument. He prefers to attend strictly to the man-
agement of his farm and business affairs, giving his leisure time to his family
and friends. Politically he uses his franchise for the nominees of the Demo-
cratic party. He is a supporter of the Union Christian church of Browns-
ville and gives liberally toward the support of all religious and benevolent
enterprises.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 7-2d

Joseph Showalter, the father of James C. , was a native of Penns3lvania,
a prosperous farmer and fine mechanic also, making a specialty of the man-
ufacture of sickles many years. a,s;o. He came to Union count}- in a very
early day and was a resident of Brownsville township for many years, until his
death. He attained the ripe age of eighty-three years, while his wife like-
wise was in her eighty-third year at the time of her demise. Mrs. Showalter,
whose maiden name was Margaret Price, was a native of Pennsylvania. Four
of the thirteen children of Joseph and Margaret Showalter, two sons and two
daughters, have passed to the better land. One son, Dr. Daniel T. Sho-
walter, died about fifteen years ago, when but thirt3'-seven j'ears of age.
He taught school in the vicinity of Brownsville for six or eight years, after
which he studied medicine and for some five or si.x years was successful!}'
engaged in practice in Montpelier, Indiana. He married America Swan, who
after his death married Frank Coe, of Muncie, Indiana. The other son,
Ephraim, who died in 1S98, was a farmer of Shelby county.

James C. Showalter was born in 1850, near Brownsville, Union county,
and was educated in the district schools. He early learned the various
departments of farming and long since took a leading place among the farm-
ers of his township. He owns a valuable homestead of seventy-nine acres,
situated about a mile and a half west of Brownsville, near the county line.
The place is very productive and is well improved with substantial farm
buildings, fences, and modern accessories of these progressive times.

Mr. James C. Showalter was married on September 16, 1875, to Miss
Florence Wilson, a daughter of Hezekiah and Eliza (Thompson) Wilson.
She was born in Liberty township, this county, where her father was for
years a prominent citizen. Their children are, Stella E. (Mrs. Alfred Henry),
Edna A., Harry W., Ruby P., and J. Forest. The eldest daughter, Mrs.
Henry, was engaged in teaching in the public schools of this county for three
years, and met with gratifying success. Miss Edna is now in her third year
of successful teaching in the Brownsville schools.

CHARLES E. MARLATT.

For many years foreman of the blacksmith department in the shops of
Gaar, Scott & Company, and well and favorably known in Richmond and the
surrounding country, Mr. Marlatt is a native of the state of Indiana, having
been born near Brookville, Franklin county, August 12, 1S42, to James and
Mary (Goodwin) Marlatt.

James Marlatt, the father, sprung from French stock, but was a native
of Martinsburg, \"irginia (now West Virginia). The mother was of Welsh
extraction and was a native of the state of Ohio. They were married near
Franklin, Ohio, May 7, 1829, coming in the following year to Brookville,

726 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Franklin count)', where the}' were among the first settlers and where thej'^
both died. James Marlatt was born September 30, 1S06, and in 1883 was
called to his reward; his wife was born April 30, 1809, and in August, 1896,
peacefull}' entered into her dreamless sleep. Mr. Marlatt was a contractor
and builder, constructing many bridges, barns and dwellings, and employing
several men to carry on his work. He was a conscientious workman and was
much in demand, as the amount of work done by him plainly shows. He was
a strong Democrat and a stanch supporter of Douglas. In the capacity of
coroner he was a faithful servant of the count}' of Franklin, and both him-
self and wife were honored members of the Presbyterian church. They left
a family of nine children, seven of whom, five sons and two daughters, are
still living.

Charles E. Marlatt was the sixth child of the family and lived in Brook-
ville until he was fourteen years of age. At the age of twelve years he
began to earn his own living, and when seventeen entered a blacksmith shop
to learn the trade. He stayed there until he was nineteen, in the shop of
Samuel Rose, a well known and well liked smith of Fairfield, and at the end
of that time enlisted in Company G, Sixty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
He served three years and three months, until the close of the war, and dur-
ing that time was never off duty. Three brothers also took up arms in
defense of their government: Thomas P., a musician in the Fifth Ohio; H.
R., in the Sixty-eight Indiana; and W. P., in the One Hundred and Twenty-
fourth Indiana. The last named received his discharge on account of dis-
ability, while the others served until the close of the war. Mr. Marlatt's
company went to Nashville, Tennessee, where they joined the Fourteenth
Army Corps, under General Thomas. After the battle of Chickamauga they
were transferred to the Fourth Army Corps under General Howard and later
under General George B. Steadman. They took part in a number of en-
gagements and had been in service only about six months when he was made
prisoner by General Bragg. He was in the bloody battles at Mission Ridge
and Chickamauga, where, in the last named battle, sixteen thousand brave
Union boys forfeited their lives. After receiving his discharge he turned once
more to his trade, working at New Philadelphia, Washington county, this
state, for one year. In 1866 he came to Richmond, where he has since resided
and been in the employ of the firm with which he is still connected. He has
been foreman of the blacksmith department for twenty-two years and has
charge of a force of twenty-five men. The company at one time placed under
his foremanship fifty or sixty men.

On May 22, 1868. Mr. Marlatt and Miss Ellen J. Huston, of New Phila-
delphia, were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony. Five children have
been the fruit of this union, viz.: Florence, wife of C. N. Judkins, express

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messenger, of Bellevue, Kentucky; and Maude A., Mary Ethel, Huston Reis,
and Ruth E., all at home. The father of Mrs. Marlatt, Robert Robinson
Huston, is deceased; the mother is a resident of Richmond. Although Mr.
Marlatt is a Democrat in his political views, he was elected to the office of
sheriff for the years 1890 to 1892, by a majority of seven hundred and sixty-
two votes, in a county that had a Republican majority of from twenty-two
hundred to three thousand, and he is the only Democrat who has had the
honor of filling that office in a period of fifty years. He united with the
Masonic order in 1867 and has served as worshipful master in Webb Lodge,
No. 24, F. & A. M., first high priest in King Solomon Chapter, Xo. 4. R.
A. M. ; illustrious master of Wayne Council, No. 10; eminent commander of
Richmond Commander}-, Xo. 8, K. T. , and served in the capacity of grand
standard-bearer in the grand commandery of Indiana. He is also a member
of the consistory of the Ancient and xAccepted Scottish Rite at Indianapolis,
having taken the thirty-second degree in that branch of Masonry. He is a
member of the board of St. Stephen's Hospital, of Richmond, and is a man
who is devoted to the welfare of home institutions, aiding cheerfully any pro-
ject that promises to be of advantage to the community.

CLARENCE P. COLBURN, M. D.

That the medical profession offers one of the noblest lines of human
endeavor is a fact that needs demonstrating to but few, but not many outside
the limits of the profession realize the requirements that are made of the
practitioner, nor appreciate his value as he deserves. He must never yield
to weariness; his time is never his own, night or day, and he must cheerfully
and promptly respond to the message that summons him to the bedside of
the sick and suffering, regardless of the worst storms of winter, the driving
rain and flood or the exhausting heat of the mid-summer sun. His own com-
fort and health must always be held secondary to the welfare of others, and
whatever his personal troubles maybe, they must be kept in the background,
while he dispenses cheer and courage to the patient, as he realizes that this
is quite as irraportant as the medicine he administers.

Fifteen years ago Dr. Clarence P. Colburn established an office and
entered upon his new work as a physician, in the prett}' little citj- of Rich-
mond, Wayne county, Indiana. During the intervening years he has stead-
ily advanced in the public favor and has built up an e.xtensive practice and a fine
reputation in his profession. He keeps thoroughly in accord with the spirit
of progress, taking the leading medical journals and in various ways enlarg-
ing his knowledge of what is being done in the world of science, particular!}'
in that branch which applies to the medical art.

The Doctor's father. Perry Colburn, was a native of Maryland, and at

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an early daj' removed to Hamilton county, Ohio, settling in the vicinity of
Cincinnati, where he has since made his home. During his active career he •
was a successful dry-goods merchant in that city, but is now retired, and is
in the eighty-fourth year of his age. For many years he has been a promi-
nent member of the Presbyterian church, and has occupied the office of elder
for a long time. His wife, Lydia, who died in August, 1898, at the advanced
age of four-score, was a daughter of Anthony Hilts, of New York state. As
early as 1S18 he came west and thenceforward made his home in Cincinnati.
He was a man of wide interests and varied investments, but for the most
part was engaged in the packing of pork and in agriculture. Before the days
of railroads he hauled goods from Philadelphia, and carried on a large and
lucrative business for that period. The three children of Perry and Lydia H.
Colburn were Charles H., now of Arkansas; Virginia, a resident of Cincin-
nati; and Clarence P., of this sketch.

The birth of Dr. C. P. Colburn occurred on his parental homestead near
Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, February 7, 1859. He received a liberal
English education and completed his classical and scientific studies in Wabash
College, at Crawfordsville, Indiana, graduating in 1880, with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. In 1885 his a///ia mater conferred upon him the additional
degree of Master of Arts, and two years prior to that event he obtained the
degree of Doctor of Medicine in Miami Medical College. After he has finished
the curriculum at Wabash College, in 1880, he began the study of medicine
under the instruction and guidance of Dr. James F. Healy, of Glendale, Ohio,
and after spending these two years in the medical college and there graduat-
ing, he was ready for the active battle of life. He practiced for about one
year in Glendale, and then opened his office in Richmond. For some time
he has been a member of the United States board of examining surgeons,
and in July, 1897, was appointed secretary of the board. In his political
views he is a strong Republican. Personally he enjoys the friendship of a
large number of acquaintances, both here and elsewhere. Courteous and
genial in manner, he has the happy faculty of easily making friends, and bet-
ter still, he has the power to retain his friends for a life-time.

ANTHONY WATT.

Anthon} Watt, of Connersville, Fayette county, is a native of the City
of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, having been born there
March 23. 1823, a son of John and Edith (Rue) Watt, — the latter of French
ancestry and the former a stone-cutter by trade. At the early age of twelve
years young Watt entered a large commission and jobbing establishment in
his native city, devoted to the importation of silks, satins, etc., and con-
tinued a faithful employe there for a time, giving his earnings to the family.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 720

In the spriiii;' of 1844, in company with a man in the employ of the same
honse, he came west to Danville, Indiana, whence the same year he came to
Connersville, enj^a^ing in the mercantile business, for which the first stock of
goods was furnished by his employer, John Elliott. Soon Mr. Elliott started
a branch store at Alquina, leaving Mr. Watt in charge; but the next year
this store was moved to Harrisburg, where Mr. Watt continued in its man-
agement for three years and then removed to Connersville, where he con-
tinued the business for one winter. In the spring of 1848 Mr. Watt opened
a store at Frost, and with his partner, Charles Frost, opened also a general
store at Harrisburg. Two years afterward Mr. Watt bought out his part-
ner's interest, and continued to conduct the store there until 1850. Selling
out, he opened a store at Connersville and conducted it for five years.

Next he became deputy county auditor, under Auditor William H.
Green, and continued to discharge the duties of that position during the
remainder of Mr. Green's term. Then he was employed in the county
recorder's office, in the work of compiling a set of abstract books, which he
completed and which are still in use. In 1875 he was selected to take charge
•of the books in the office of the Connersville Gaslight & Manufacturing
Company, in which J. N. Huston, United States treasurer under President
Harrison, was one of the main stockholders. Mr. Watt continued with that
-company from its organization for twenty-one years, when it sold out. He
had full charge of all the office business, handling all the money and even
inanaging all the details of the business. He had full supervision of all the
-details in the installation of the electric-light works. He remained with the
new company until it became thoroughly established. He is now living
retired, while he still owns a farm at Harrisburg, and his present residence,
generally known as the Jeff. Claypool residence, he has occupied ever since
1S73.

In his political principles Mr. Watt is a Republican. In respect to
religion he was reared in the Presbyterian church, of which he is still a
member, being now the oldest living member of the church at Connersville.
In connection with the fraternal orders Mr. Watt is eminent. He was
admitted into the Odd Fellows order as early as 1845, '^t Cambridge City. In
1S49 he and John F. Youse established the first lodge (Fayette Lodge, No.
31) in Fayette county, at Connersville, of which he was the first vice grand,
and for 3-ears was its secretary. In that lodge he filled all the offices. He has
also been a member of the grand lodge for a number of years, and he has
been district deputy for many terms. While a resident of Harrisburg he
■started Harrison Lodge, No. 84, in which he retained his membership until
three years ago, when he returned to Fayette Lodge, and he is the only
charter member now living. He has never been delinquent and never

730 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

entitled to sick-benefit dues. Indeed, during all his fifty-five years' residence
in this state he has been sick but one week, and he has been a constant
worker. In Encampment No. 33 the office of financial secretary was created
specially for him, and he executed its duties for a number of 3'ears; and he is
now the treasurer for that body. He has also been a member of Warren
Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M., for twenty years, taking an active part in the
same, of which he was secretary for a number of years. In Fayette Council,
No. 6, he has been illustrious master and secretary; of Chapter No. iS, he
has been king and scribe; of Commandery No. 6, he has been generalissimo;
and since 1896 he has been a member of the Consistory of the Valley of
Indianapolis, Scottish Rite Masonry. Onl_v two other men at Connersville
are members of the consistory.

Mr. Watt was married at Harrisburg, in 1852, to Miss Malinda Murphy,
daughter of John Murphy, a pioneer of this state; she was a native of
Harrisburg.

HARRY M. STOOPS.

Harry M. Stoops, a promising instructor of Brookville, Franklin county,
Indiana, was born June 16, 1866, and is a son of Robert M. Stoops, a pros-
perous farmer of Brookville township. His grandfather came to this localit}'
many years ago and settled on eighty acres of land in Brookville township,
where he continued to make his home during his remaining days. At the
time of his coming here the land was wild and unbroken, while the Indians
roamed at will over the now fertile prairies; and woe to the unfortunate white
man who fell into the hands of one of these treacherous savages when they
were hostile! An exciting experience came to the grandfather of our subject
when he was the object of their search, and he made good his escape onl}'
by digging a hollow in the ground into which he crawled and covered him-
self over with brush. His wife was Catherine Carter, and among the chil-
dren born to them was Robert M., the father of our subject.

Robert M. Stoops was born in Brookville township, this count}', on
March 12, 1842. He was educated in the common schools and by improv-
ing the opportunity afforded became a man of quick perception and keen
intelligence. He enlisted in the civil war, serving until July 4, 1865, in
Company B, Seventy-seventh Regiment, Fourth Cavalry, and taking part in
man}' important battles, among which were Chickamauga, West Point,
Mossy Creek, Fair Garden, Newman, Columbia, Plantersville, Selma and
siege of Atlanta. He was married October 15, 1865, to Miss Kate Martin,
by whom he has five children, namely: Harry, May, Adda, Sallie and Mar-
tha. He is a farmer whose land, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres,
shows care and attention, it being in a high state of cultivation.

Harry M. Stoops received his primary education in the public schools of

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Brookville, graduating in the high school in 1887. He then entered the
University of Indiana in the fall of 1888, omitting the sophomore year, and
graduated at the institution with the class of 1893. Since leaving college he
has been most successfully engaged in teaching in this, his hotne, county.
The schools under his charge have been in Bath township and Brookville.
He belongs to the Phi Delta Theta of the university, and is a member of the
Knights of Pythias.

Martha Stoops is also a teacher with a future. She was educated in
the public schools of Brookville, graduated with the class of 1896 in the high
school, took the post-graduate course, and then entered the State Normal
School, thus thoroughly preparing herself for the work she wishes to pursue.
Her first school, taught the past year, has been most satisfactory both to
teacher and patrons, and should she continue in the work she will, without
doubt, rank high among the educators of the state.

WILLIAM FIN FROCK.

Nearly thirty years ago this sterling citizen of Wayne county became
intimately connected with the commercial life of Cambridge City, and during
the intervening period he has built up and maintained a reputation for square
dealing, promptness and general reliability.

The father of our subject, Henry Finfrock, was a native of Maryland,
born in 18 10, and died November 20, 189S. He married Mary Houser,
whose birthplace was in the same state, and four children were born of their
union. Two of the sons, Daniel and Franklin, enlisted in the civil war, in
the federal army, and the whole famil}' was noted for loyal patriotism. The
devoted wife and mother departed this life in 1897, when in her eightieth
year.

The birth of William Finfrock occurred August 3, 1838, in Franklin
county, Pennsylvania. He spent his early years in the Ke3'Stone state, and
then removed with his parents to Ohio. He remained there during the war,
and until 1870, when he accompanied his brother John to Cambridge City,
and has since made his home here. Soon after his arrival here the brothers
purchased the building which was known for many years as the Morris mill.
It had been erected about i860, and used as an oil m.ill, and later was turned
into a tannery, an extensive business in that line being carried on for some
time. Since coming into the possession of its present owners the building
has been utilized as a factory for the manufacture of doors, sash, blinds and
builders' materials. Under the able, enterprising management of the firni
of Finfrock Brothers, a large business has been established in these lines,
their trade being not confined to this locality alone, but extending into the
neighboring country as well.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

CHARLES W. HUBBELL, D. D. S.

In few of the scientific possessions lias greater progress been made with-
in the past decade or two than in that of dentistr}-, which has been reduced
to a fine art, properly speaking. Modern ideas and the most exquisite
mechanical workmanship are none too good for the people, who are becoming
more and more critical on this subject. They have awakened to the fact
that sound teeth are essential to good health and good looks, and are to be
preferred indefinitely more than a splendid wardrobe or even a bank account.

Dr. Charles W. Hubbell, who has been engaged in the practice of den-
tistry in Cambridge City, Wayne county, for the past six years, and has built
up a large patronage and an enviable reputation for skill, is a native of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, born September 8, 1865. His education was obtained in the
excellent public schools of the city mentioned, and in December, 1889, he
entered upon the study of dentistry. At the end of two years he was
graduated in the Ohio Dental College, as a member of the class of 1891,
and, after necessary preliminary practice, he established an office in this
citv. He is a member of Wayne Lodge, No. 17, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and is actively interested in whatever public enterprises are
inaugurated to benefit this place.

In 1894 the Doctor was married, in Cincinnati, to Miss Ada Laneman,
an old friend and schoolmate. They have a pleasant home, which is bright-
ened by the presence of their two children, John and Ella, who are loved by

everv one.

CHARLEY FERGUSON.

The enterprising proprietor of the Pinewood Stock Farm, in Posey town-
ship, Fayette county, was born at this homestead, May 24, 1862, and always
has been closely identified with this locality's best interests. He is a worthy
representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of this region, whose
history will prove of interest to many.

Thomas Ferguson, the paternal great-grandfather of the subject of this
article, lived in Virginia, where his ancestors had settled, upon their arrival
from Scotland, in the early part of the eighteenth century. Later they dwelt
in \Mlkes county. North Carolina, where several generations of the family lived
and died. Micajah Ferguson, the grandfather of our subject, was born in
the last mentioned county, where he grew to manhood and married Frances
Isbell, September 2^, 1808. She was born in the same county, July 2, 1791,
a daughter of Thomas and Discretion (Howard; Isbell, whose forefathers
were English people, that first settled in Virginia and later removed to North
Carolina. Thomas Isbell was a hero of the Revolutionary war, as he enlisted
at the age of eighteen years and served for five years. He was a strong

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 1^

anti-Jefferson and anti-Jackson man in politics, and relii^ioiisly was a Primi-
tive Baptist. Tile Fergusons at that tune, thougli lujldinj^- to the same
rehgious creed, were of the opposite party politically. After Micajah and
Frances Ferguson had become the parents of three children. Matilda, Horton
and Linville, they removed to the wilderness of Indiana. Locating upon a
tract of land about three miles south of Milton, they proceeded to improve
and cultivate the place, which then had but a small cabin in a limited clear-
ing as its sole improvement. As the years passed they prospered, making
additional purchases of land, and at their death a large and valuable estate
was divided among their children. They suffered thee.xtreme privations and
hardships of that early period on the frontier, often going for three or more
weeks at a time without any kind of bread or cereal food, and often subsist-
ing upon wild game and hominy. For many years Mr. Ferguson raised
stock for the city markets and bought hogs which he drove to Cincinnati and
sold. His house always was hospitably open to the needy and the stranger,
and many were induced by him to settle in this section of the state. His
honorable and upright life came to a close at the home of his son, Linville,
in 1866, when he had reached the ripe age of eighty-three. His wife died
in October, 1871. Besides their children already referred to, si.\ attained
mature years, and two, Jane and Olive, died young. Salina first married C.
Sexton, and subsequently to his death she became the wife of Joseph Cald-
well. Savanna married J. B. Loder, and the younger sons were Livingston,
Finley, Sanford and Kilby. Matilda, the eldest of the family, became the
wife of Joel Hiatt.

Linville Ferguson, the father of our subject, was born in North Caro-
lina, August 17, 181 5, and was but six months old when brought to this
state. Of robust constitution and strong physique, he endured the hardships
of his early years with fortitude, and was justly proud of the fact that no one
could make more rails in a day than he, and that probably no man in the
county personally cleared more land, — as he had four hundred and sixty acres
of improved property to his credit on this score. After his marriage, in
1838, to Elizabeth Loder, he settled upon a quarter-section of heavily tim-
bered land, which his father gave him. Later he embarked in the live-stock
business, and for over forty years was extensively interested in raising export
cattle, and for a time was engaged in the packing of pork, in Connersville.
He was connected with numerous local industries which contributed largely
toward the upbuilding of this state, and bore an enviable reputation as a
business man. In 1870 he assisted in the organization of the National Bank
of Cambridge City, was a large stockholder and for twenty-three years was
one of its most influential officers. The bank was capitalized at one hundred
thousand dollars, and he was made its president, in which capacity he ser\'ed

•7S4 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

creditabl)' for fifteen 3'ears. A stalwart Democrat, he took quite an active
part in local politics, filling several offices of trust. For ten years he served
as a township trustee under appointment, and when the law making it an
elective office passed into effect he continued to act in the same position for
another decade. Besides this, he held the responsible office of county com-
missioner for three years, and was so popular with the general public that his
name was presented four or five times for state representative, the large
Republican majorities defeating his party, however, as usual. His judicious
financiering and management of his property interests resulted in the accum-
ulation of a goodly fortune.

As stated, Linville Ferguson married Elizabeth Loder in 1838. She
was a daughter of John and Isabel (Ringland) Loder, the former a native of
Essex county. New Jersey, born August 10, 1780, and the latter born in
May, 1785. Mr. Loder learned the cooper's trade, and in 1797 went to
Cincinnati, Ohio, and thence to Hamilton, same state, where he bought
land. He was married in September, 1806, and in 181 5 he and his wife
and their three children removed to what was later known as Fayette county,
Indiana. Here he purchased and improved land, also working at his trade,
and his death took place at the home of his daughter Elizabeth, in 1868,
five years after his devoted wife had passed away. He was a lifelong Demo-
crat, and it was his privilege to cast a vote for a delegate to the first con-
stitutional convention in Ohio, and subsequently for one in this state. His
six children were named respectively James R. , Harriet C, Mary J., Sarah
A., Elizabeth M. and Amanda E. To the union of Linville and Elizabeth
Ferguson five children were born, of whom Elmer died when but twelve
jears old. Oliver, the eldest, is engaged in business in Milton, and the
two daughters are Savanna, Mrs. L. Munger, and Emma, Mrs. Oliver M.
Thornburg.

Since 1882, when his father retired from the active cares of an agri-
cultural life, Charley Ferguson has managed the old homestead, in Posey
township. He now owns five hundred and thirty-two acres of excellent land,
and is extensively engaged in the raising, feeding and selling of cattle and
hogs. Of late years he has given special attention to the raising and train-
ing of standard-bred horses. Upon his farm there is a fine race track, where
his colts are exercised and developed into record-breakers, and though he
-does not claim to be a professional driver he has succeeded remarkably within
the past few years. The most noted stallion owned by him was Pinewood, a
colt raised by him. In 1891, when a yearling, Pinewood made a record of
:2:3i|, eclipsing all of his predecessors at that age. A second horse, Win-
wood, since sold to a New York man, paced in 2:58 when five months old,
thus making a record which still stands without an equal anywhere. Mr.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 735

Ferguson attends to his numerous and varied business interests with the same
zeal and ability which characterized his father's and grandfather's careers.
Already a man of wealth and high standing in the community, he aspires to
greater things, and is on the high road to fortune.

In 1882 the marriage of Mr. Ferguson and Miss Eva Beeson took place
at her girlhood's home. Two children bless their union, namely: Hazel,
who was born May 16, 1888, and Linville Beeson, born May 24, 1890. Mrs.
Ferguson is the youngest of four children, her birth having occurred June 28,
1S63. Her father, M. D. Beeson, was born in Wayne county, Indiana,
■October 18, 1829, a son of Benjamin and Dorcas (Starbuckj Beeson, of
North Carolina, and grandson of Benjamin Beeson, Sr. The latter, in
turn, was a son of Richard and grandson of Isaac, who was of the fifth
generation descended from Edward Beeson, of Lancashire, England. The
gentleman last mentioned came to America in 1682 with one of William
Penn's colonies, first locating in the Keystone state, and later becoming one
of a pioneer colony of Quakers in Virginia. Toward the close of his life he
removed to Delaware and purchased a tract of land on the Brandywine, a
iportion of this property being now included within the corporate limits of
^^'ilmington. There he died, leaving four sons, — Edward, Richard, Isaac
and William. His posterit}-, though very numerous, have been uniformly
respected, and, as far as known, no criminals or paupers ever have emanated
from this family, who held to the Quaker faith until early in this centur}',
and always led quiet, peaceful lives as tillers of the soil or as mechanics.
Three brothers bearing the name of Beeson came to Indiana from the south
in frontier days, Isaac coming in 18 12 and locating near Richmond; Benjamin
in i8i4and settling in Washington township, Wayne county; and Thomas
in 1818, his home being near the present residence of Elwood Beeson. The
following is a list of the names of Benjamin Beeson, Jr. 's, children: Bezaleel
and Othniel, who were born in North Carolina; Templeton, the first of the
family born in this state; Delilah, wife of John Patterson; Rachel, wife of
James Harvey; Julia E., Mrs. William Dick; Cinderella, Mrs. William Har-
■vey: B. F. , a prominent farmer; Amanda, Mrs. T. Emerson; Marquis D. ;
and Charles, who died, unmarried, in 1852. For a wife M. D. Beeson
chose Miss Ellen Nancy, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy (Sellars) Harvey.
!Mrs. Harvey was born in Kentucky and came to this section in 18 16, settling
near Jacksonburg. Her parents, Isaac and Nancy (Brandon) Sellars, worthy
members of the Baptist church, were of Irish descent. Their children were
;named respectively Ruanna, Rebecca, Nancy, Elizabeth, Isaac, John and
Mary. Benjamin Harvey was born in \\'a\'ne county, a son of John Harvey,
who came to this state from Indiana at an early period, settling near Center-
^'ille. He became a wealthy farmer and stock dealer, and was one of the

736 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

most respected members of the Quaker community of his section. Born
Mav 17, 1779, he lived until September 12, 1850. His wife, whose maiden
name was Jane Cox, was born March 3, 17S2, and died April 16, 1S54.
Their children comprised Rebecca, Isaac, Benjamin, Aaron, Nathan,
William C, John P., Mary E. and Jane. After his marriage Benjamin Har-
vey settled in Washington township, where he improved a fine farm and
spent the rest of his hard-working, upright life. He was summoned to his
reward March 27, 1856, when in his forty-eighth year. Of his children
Isaac died when in his twentieth year; John died in Oklahoma; Ellen, born
March 20, 1834, married M. D. Beeson, as stated; Louisa J., deceased, was
the wife of M. G. Beeson; Ira is deceased; Viola is the wife of A. Banks;
Amanda is Mrs. |. Howard; Nancy is the wife of E. Wilson; William O. is
deceased; Granville is a resident of California; George W. is deceased;
Malinda, Mrs. T. Beeson; and Melissa, her twin sister, who died when young.
Four children blessed the union of M. D. Beeson and wife, namely: Lycur-
gus W., born February 7, 1856; Lafayette, March 10, 1858; WelHngton,
September 6, 1S60; and Mrs. Eva Ferguson, June 28, 1863, as previously
mentioned.

HON. FERDINAND S. SWIFT.

In the person of Judge Ferdinand S. Swift a notable example of one who
has risen b}' his own intrinsic worth and ability from a lowly place to a posi-
tion of prominence and influence is found. Surmounting difficulties which
rarely fall to the lot of the present generation, he pressed steadily forward to
the goal of success which he had in view, and has won a name and fame
second to none in Franklin county. Quick to master all the intricacies of a
case, and losing sight of none of the essential points upon which the decision
must finally rest, his summary is clear, concise and convincing. Honesty
and candor are among his strong traits of character, and fearlessness in the
performance of what he believed to be his duty has won for him the admira-
tion and high regard of every one.

Coming of stanch New England stock. Judge Swift seems to have inher-
ited the keenness of mind, the executive ability and the reverence for the
truth and right that his puritan ancestors possessed. His parents, Seth and
Mehitable B. (Bourne) Swift, were natives of Massachusetts, emigrating from
that state to Ohio in 1838. They located upon a farm in Oxford township,
Butler county, and there, three-score years ago, their son Ferdinand was
born, the date of his birth being September 6, 1839. The father died when
the son was quite young, and the latter continued to dwell on the old home-
stead until he was twenty-five years of age. The straitened circumstances of
the family made it necessary that the youth should spend much of his time
in working upon the farm, and thus he secured only a district-school educa-

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 737

tion. Later he attended an academy for six months, and by many an eve-
ning of hard study, continued through long \'ears, he attained the mental
culture which he earnestly desired. When twenty years of age he obtained
a certificate and a school to teach, and thus passed about two years.

Having determined to embrace the legal profession, judge Swift began
the study of law under the tutelage of Daniel Mace, of I^afayette, and in the
spring of 1866 entered the office of Judge Hanna, at Brookville. In April,
1867, he was admitted to partnership with that gentleman, who, three years
later, became judge of the thirty-seventh judicial circuit, acting in that
capacit}' until his death, about ten years afterward. During this period xMr.
Swift industriously pursued a practice which was yearly increasing in volume
and importance, and at the same time he served for six terms as city clerk
and one term as county clerk. In July, 1880, he was appointed by Governor
J. D. Williams to the vacancy in the circuit court caused by the death of his
former partner, and in October of the same \ear the people endorsed this
appointment. Each succeeding election he has been reinstated in the office,
and in October, 1898, he entered upon his nineteenth year of service on the
bench. The judicial district over which he presides includes the counties of
Fayette, Union and Franklin. He is an effective speaker, his logic being
clear, forcible and exhaustive, evincing thorough mastery of the law and the
point at issue, and his decisions are respected and upheld by the bar and the
people. In manner he is courteous and affable, and his recognized worth
finds expression in his popularity with the general public. In his political
creed he is an ardent Democrat, and from 1886 to 1890 was an active mem-
ber of the Democratic state central committee.

The Judge has been twice married, his first wife having been Miss Anna
Fower, after whose death he wedded Miss Mary McCormick. They have an
attractive home in Brookville, and hosts of friends throughout southeastern
Indiana.

C. T. WRIGHT.

The biographer never fails to take genuine pleasure in tracing the history
of a man who is self-made and self-educated, — one who has overcome diffi-
culties which would have daunted a man less self-reliant, courageous and
resourceful. For over a quarter of a century C. T. Wright, whose career is
summed up in the foregoing words, has been one of the prominent business
men of Cambridge City, active and public-spirited, and always ready to do
all within his power to advance the welfare of this community.

A native of Kentucky, and next to the youngest of four children, Mr.

Wright was born December 17, 1854, his parents being James and Margaret

(Sebastian) Wright. When he was a mere child both of the parents of our

subject passed away, and the orphan was left to make his own way in the
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7S8 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

■world as best he could. He had but limited educational advantages, and has
acquired knowledge by private stud}', observation and experience. When he
was a youth, starting out in his independent business life, Thomas Hall,
state representative from Henry county, Indiana, loaned him five dollars to
aid him in his new enterprises, and he has never forgotten the kindness of the
elder man.

In 1873 Mr. Wright came to Cambridge City from his former home in
Greenfield, Hancock county. Indiana, and, after a lapse of three years, he
purchased the furniture and undertaking business of A. S. Houck. In 1875
he had gone to Cincinnati, Ohio, and had thoroughly learned the undertaking
business, and was the first in Wayne county to embalm a body. He
continued his furniture trade onl}' until he had established a reputation as an
undertaker, and since 1887 has devoted his attention exclusively to the burial
and care of the dead. His services are called into requisition throughout this
section of the county, and perfect satisfaction is always expressed by those
who employ him. As he justly deserves, he has prospered, and during the
past few years he has erected several substantial business blocks and two
pleasant, commodious residences here. Fraternally he is a member of the
Knights of Pythias, being identified with Cambridge City Lodge, No. 9,
and is also captain of Cambridge Uniform Rank. No. 65; past grand in
Wayne Lodge, No. 17, Independent Order Odd Fellows; past sachem in
Osage Tribe, No. 93, Improved Order of Red Men; and a member of Cam-
bridge Lodge, No. 5, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

In the centennial year, 1876, Mr. Wright married Miss Dora Stone-
braker, a daughter of Dr. J. H. and Margaret Stonebraker, and after nine
years of happy wedded life she was summoned to the silent land. On the
20th of November, 1888, Mr. W'right and Miss Anna Hastings, a daughter of
Eiias Hastings, of Cambridge City, were united in marriage. They have
three bright, promising boys, — James C, Donald H. and Fred P., and their
attractive home plainly indicates the refined taste of the inmates thereof.

WILLIAM REHLING.

The birth of William Rehling, a representative business man of Rich-
TOond, occurred at Osnabruck, Prussia, Germany, September 11, 1863. His
.parents, Frederick and Anna M. (Lube) Rehling, natives of the same locality,
■are still living in the Fatherland.

Having completed his education in the well conducted schools of Ger-
many, William Rehling entered upon his business career by making himself
thoroughly familiar with every detail of work connected with the building of
sewers, grading and paving of streets, and similar enterprises. He continued
io be busily occupied in his native land in public works of the kind men-

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 7^9

tioned until 1888, the hist two years being the foreman for an extensive
contractor and having tlie supervision of a large number of workmen.
Eleven years ago Mr. Rehling came to Richmond, where for some time he
was employed in the Robison Machine Works. In 1893 he commenced
taking contracts for cement sidewalks, street paving and sewer building, and,
being careful, prompt and reliable in the execution of work entrusted to him,
he has established an enviable reputation and is rapidl}' gaining patronage.
He has put in most of the sewer system of Richmond, and has been employed
by many of the leading citizens on their own work. He has afforded employ-
ment to from forty-five to one hundred men, and recently has been extending
his business to neighboring towns and even into adjoining states. The suc-
cess which he enjoys is well merited and his future is most promising,
judging from what he has achieved within a few 3'ears in a country strange
to him.

In 1890 Mr. Rehling married Annie, daughter of John Herman and
Louisa Holtgreive, all of whom were natives of Osnabruck, Germany, but
who in 1870 established their home in the United States. The father, who
died in 1890, at the age of fifty-nine years, was with Gaar, Scott & Com-
pany for a score of years, and held a position as foreman of the core-maker's
department. His widow is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Rehling, who
for twelve years prior to her marriage was in the employ of George H.
Knollenburg, the leading dry-goods merchant of Richmond, and was at the
head of the white goods department. Twenty-eight years ago she, in com-
pany with her parents, joined St. Paul's German Lutheran church, and a
few years ago our subject also became a faithful and consistent member of
the congregation.

CHARLES A. DRAPIER.

Charles Ariel Drapier was born in South Bend, Indiana, on November
29, 1 86 1. His grandfather, Ariel E. Drapier, was one of the pioneer printers
of the state. He established the St. Joseph County Forum in 1837 and was
its editor and proprietor until its sale to Hon. Schuyler Colfax a few years
before the civil war. He was also the first official stenographer west of
the Alleghany mountains, and held the position of reporter to the con-
stitutional congress of the United States. He originated the publication
of the " Brevier Legislative Reports" of Indiana and issued annual volumes
of this compilation for twenty years. He died in 1866, aged sixty-eight years.
His sons, William H. and Charles E. Drapier, were associated with him in
the publishing of the Forum and Reports and in job printing.

Charles E. Drapier, born in South Bend on March 17, 1837, attended
that celebrated educational institution, Notre Dame Academy at South Bend,
and, as above indicated, became a thorough practical printer. In 1868 he

740 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

moved to Indianapolis to become deputy treasurer of Marion count}'. This
position he held eight j'ears, under the administration of Hon. Jackson Lan-
ders. For five years longer he conducted a job printing office in Indianapolis
and then returned to St. Joseph county, his present residence. He married
Josephine Groff, of South Bend, on August 14, 1S59. Their children are
Mary (who died young), Charles A., William C, Martha F. (Mrs. W. F.
Miller), and Josiah H.

Charles Ariel Drapier, after a common-school education at Indianapolis,
went into his father's printing office and on his removal to St. Joseph county
accompanied him, but in 1881 he returned to Indianapolis and engaged in
the employ of William Burford & Company, state printers, and was later
with the Indianapolis Daily Journal. With this latter office he was connected
until August 7, 18S7, when he came to. Liberty to assume the management
of the Liberty Review, a Democratic weekly newspaper then owned b}- a stock
company. On September 6, 1888, he purchased the entire plant and has
since been sole proprietor and publisher of the Review. Mr. Drapier was a
good accession to the citizens of Union county. Originally a member of the
Christian church, in which his parents held their membership, he is now con-
nected with the Presbyterian church of Liberty, in which he is an elder and
also the superintendent of the Sunday-school. He married November 29,
1 888, Mary W. Clark, of Liberty. They have one child, named Elizabeth
J. Drapier.

CALVIN CARTER, M. S., M. D.

Progress, continued and rapid, has characterized America since the days
when our forefathers gloriously and effectually made the attempt to throw off
the yoke of British tyranny and to establish the republic, and with this ever
onward movement the medical profession has kept pace. An eminent rep-
resentative of the calling in Brookville is Dr. Calvin Carter, who has been
engaged in practice here for seven years. Native talent and acquired ability
have won him high standing and fame, and the profession and the public
both accord him a leading place in the ranks of the representatives of the
medical sciences. There are no favored positions to be given in this line of
endeavor; prominence comes alone through merit, and success is the reward
of earnest labor, ability and the pursuit of a persistent purpose. Thus work-
ing his way upward Dr. Carter has long since It- ft the ranks of the many to
stand among the successful few, and his position commands the respect and
admiration of all.

On his father's farm, between Osgood and Versailles, in Ripley county,
Indiana, Dr. Carter was born April 29, 1857, his parents being Charles White
and Cynthia (Folsom) Carter. The paternal grandfather was a teacher by
profession. He was of French descent, was reared in Virginia and moved to

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 741

North Carolina, where he died at the early age of thirty-six years. The
maternal grandfather, Abijah Folsom, was an English sea captain who lived
for some years in Boston, Massachusetts, and about 1819 removed to Ver-
sailles, Indiana, where he carried on agricultural pursuits. There his daugh^
ter, Mrs. Carter, was born in 1824. Charles White Carter was born near
Raleigh, North Carolina, in 18 14, and in 1830 came west to avoid the
influences of slavery, taking up his residence near Osgood, Indiana, where he
carried on agricultural pursuits for many years. He died in 1895, ^"d his
wife passed away at the old family home, in Ripley county, in 1882. Both
were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Carter
was a stanch Democrat in his political faith, but never sought office. In
their family were six sons and a daughter. Isaac, who served as superintend-
ent of the public schools of Brookville for six years, was admitted to the bar
in 1S80, practiced in Brookville until 1888, in partnership with S. E. Urms-
ton, and then located in Shelbyville, Indiana, where he is now in partnership
with Thomas Adams; Charles M. is a farmer of Decatur county, Indiana; J.
Edgar is a pharmacist of Brookville; Hiram died at the age of sixteen years;
and Laura is a student in the Women's Medical College, of Cincinnati, and
ranks high in her class.

Dr. Carter, also a member of this family, and the subject of this bio-
graphical notice, acquired his preliminary education in the common schools
and took a preparatory course in the Quaker school in Jennings county,
Indiana, in 1875-6. The following year he entered Moore's Hill College, in
which he was graduated in 1882 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Six
years later his a/)>nr mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of
Science, in recognition of his application of scientific principles to the affairs
of life, and post-graduate work in civil engineering, with the field of applied
work. Upon completing his literary education he turned his attention to the
work of instructing others, and taught school for six terms in Ripley county,
giving excellent satisfaction in his labors. In 1882 he entered upon the
duties of county surveyor of Ripley county, to which position he was twice
elected, serving for four years. He did surveying in Dearborn, Franklin,
Switzerland, Jennings, Ripley and St. Joseph counties, Indiana, and in Cass
and Berrien counties, Michigan. On the 6th of July, 1887, he came to
Brookville as a civil engineer, platted the town and took the gradient of the
streets, which work was adopted by the council as official; and he also did
some bridge work for the county commissioners.

In 1888 the Doctor went to Cincinnati to receive medical treatment,
and while there began the study of medicine and was graduated in the medi-
cal department of the University of Cincinnati, the Medical College of Ohio,
on the 5th of March, 1891. He then went to South Bend, Indiana, as

742 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

deputy city engineer, remaining from April until November of that year,
when he returned to Brookville, where he has since been engaged in the
practice of medicine, meeting with excellent success. While in the univer-
sity he won the medal for the best synopsis of lectures on clinical gynecology,
in a class of one hundred students. He is a man of marked ability, keeping
well informed concerning all the improvements and theories advanced in con-
nection with the science of medicine, and has been a large contributor to
leading medical journals of the country. He has made a specialty of surgery
and the treatment of the diseases of women, and has been particularly suc-
cessful in his efforts in those lines. In 1894 he opened a drug store, under
the name of the C.tizens' Drug Store, and now enjoys a liberal patronage
also in mercantile lines. He is a member of the Mitchell District Medical
Association, the Indiana State Medical and the American Medical Associa-
tions, and has represented his county in meetings of all those organizations.
Socially the Doctor is connected with the Masonic fraternity and his life
exemplifies the beneficent principles of that order. He is a man of broad
scientific knowledge, of high scholarly attainments and marked literary taste,
and these qualities have served to gain him a leading position among the
members of the medical fraternity of the state.

LEANDER J. CULLY.

Born in Brownsville, Union county, October 26, 1864, Leander J. Cully
has passed his entire life in this immediate locality. Nearly four-score years
ago his maternal grandfather. Major William Watt, once state senator and
legislator, settled in this county, his old homestead being situated but a mile
and a half northwest of this town. There he passed the greater part of his
happy, because useful and industrious, life. He became well-to-do, by the
exercise of his native ability, perseverance and excellent business methods,
and added to his original farm until he owned three hundred and twenty
acres. He was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and lived to
attain his eighty-fifth year. He was a Democrat in politics, and was very
active in the founding and maintenance of the Methodist Episcopal church of
this place-, and for years was an officer and one looked up to by every one con-
nected with the congregation or interested in its welfare. His wife, likewise,
was an earnest worker in the church and was noted for her piety and kindness
of heart. She bore the name of Rhoda Seaton in her girlhood. Of the
eleven children born to this worthy couple all save one lived to maturity, and
in 1898 five survive, the youngest being Margaret, the mother of L. J. Cully
of this sketch. The old homestead is now owned by the widow of Jackson,
second son of Major Watt.

The parents of Leander J. Cully were Leander and Margaret R. Cully,

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 743

who lived upon a farm in this township for many years and at last retired,
making their home in Brownsville. Mr. Cully was a hard-working, unosten-
tatious farmer, possessing the respect of all with whom his business or social
relations brought him into contact. To himself and wife seven children were
born, and six of the number are yet living. Mr. Cully was summoned to the
silent land in 18S2, when he was about fifty-four years of age.

The education of our subject was obtained in the district schools, and
when his father died much of the responsibility of caring for the family fell to
his share. He found employment upon farms and handled produce upon
commission for some time and finally embarked in general merchandising,
in December, 1 888. He still deals in produce and keeps one man on the road
as a buyer. His specialty is farm produce, of which he handles large
quantities each year. By strict attention to business he has made a success
of his enterprises and by strict integrity and regard for his word, spoken
or written, has won the confidence of all.

Following in the footsteps of his grandfather Watt, who had great influ-
ence over the mind of our subject, in his youth, Mr. Cully adheres to the
doctrines of the Democratic platform, and has been very active in promoting
the welfare of the party. He attends conventions of the party, and was but
eighteen years of age when he was honored by being made a county commit-
teeman, in which office he has served much of the time since. In 1893 he
joined the Masonic order, and has been worshipful master of Brownsville
Lodge, No. 70, for the past five years. Prior to 1894 he was junior warden,
and has been the representative to the grand lodge of the state. The local
lodge, which is in a flourishing condition and has about forty members, was
organized in May, 1848, and therefore is one of the oldest in the state. Mr.
Cully is identified with Violet Chapter, No. 248, Order of the Eastern Star,
his wife being a member also; and he is, moreover, an Odd Fellow, asso-
ciated with Brownsville Lodge, No. 350. The Methodist Episcopal church
of this place was reorganized in 1871, and for several years Mr. Cully has
been a valued member, and has occupied various official positions on the
board.

He was united in marriage on the 2d of September, 1888, with Miss
Carrie E. Bell, who is a native of Brownsville, and a daughter of Jacob
Bell, a well known citizen. She has spent her whole life here and is a
lady of excellent education and social attainments.

, ■ GEORGE L. I^LEIN.

George L. Klein, proprietor of the Grand Hotel, of Richmond, was born
in Covington, Kentucky, on the 19th of March, 185 i, and is a son of George
J. and Rosina (Dollman) I\iein, originally of Cincinnati, Ohio. His father

744 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

was a cabinet-maker by trade, and followed that pursuit throughout his active
business career. He is now deceased, but his widow is still living, at the age
of seventy-five years, and makes her home in Cincinnati.

In the public schools George L. Klein acquired his education and at an
early age learned the wood-carver's trade. From Cincinnati he removed in
1S73, to Ripley, Ohio, where he entered the employ of the Chase Piano
Compan}', and he removed with them, in 1878, to Richmond, Indiana,
remaining with them until 1882. Then he spent a brief time at Jacksonville,
Florida, for the improvement of his health. On his return to Richmond he
engaged in the saloon business and at length established the agency for the
Moerlein Brewing Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and in this he was very
successful. In 1898 he purchased the Grand Hotel, of which he has since
been proprietor. One of the local papers spoke of the opening of the Grand
in the following manner: " A few weeks age George L. Klein purchased the
property known as the Grand Hotel and at once put a large force of work-
men to remodeling it. The room which was formerly the office is now the
handsomest room in Richmond. The front is of art-cathedral and opalescent
glass, with the single word ' Grand ' emblazoned in the center. The side
windows are of golden-tinted roll cathedral plate. The inside finish is all
that art and skill can make it. The casings are of the finest quartered white
oak; the floor, of marbelette. In front of the beautiful and handsome bar is
a light buff pressed-brick mantel and grate. The walls are decorated with
Empire red and iridescent ingrain paper and pressed frieze. The dado is
Lincrusta-Walton and marbelette, and the whole is in the French Empire
style of Louis XI\', which makes it unique in this city."

Mr. Klein has been twice married. In Ripley, Ohio, on the 28th of
December, 1875, he wedded Alagdalena, daughter of John and Mary (Webber)
Sauer. She died December 31, 1896, at the age of forty-four years, leaving
two children, Arnold W. and Flora E. On the 14th of April, 1898, in
Richmond, Mr. Klein married Julia C, daughter of Balsenther Bescher.

HENRY F. KAMP.

Many people accord to music the highest rank among the fine arts. It
has not the limitations of sculpture or of painting, it is not bounded by form
and color and size and therefore leaves much greater play to the imagination.
It reaches man only through the sense of hearing, and exercises over him an
intangible power, probably the more strongly felt because indescribable. From
the remotest ages it has administered to man's pleasure, has given enthusiasm
to the soldier on the field of battle, brought comfort to the sorrowing, and
heightened the happiness of the joyful. Certainly no art is more worthy of
cultivation than that which sways the young and the old alike, which touches

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all men, whether unlettered or cultured. No citi/en of Richmond has done
more to cultivate a musical taste among the residents of the county seat than
Professor Henr}' F. Kamp, whose keen appreciation of the " harmony divine"
is evidenced in his skillful rendering of many of the most exquisite strains of
the master musicians of the world.

Professor Kamp was born in Richmond, August 20, 1867, a son of
August and Rachel Kamp, who were natives of Germany and on crossing the
Atlantic to America located in Accident, Garrett county, Maryland. After
their marriage they removed to Richmond, Indiana, where the father con-
ducted a grocery. The son acquired his literar)' education in the public
schools of this city and his earl}' youth was that of the average school-boy,
who is fond of fun and all the sport of the active youth. He early gave
-evidence of possessing strong musical taste and often gave great annoyance
to his teachers by strumming on strings stretched across his desk. After
leaving school he secured a position as office boy in a physician's office, pre-
ferring that occupation because it left him much leisure time for reading.
Later, however, he sought more lucrative employment and was employed as
a salesman in various stores, but while clerking in the day-time he devoted
his evening to the study of music, taking lessons on the violin and guitar from
the best teachers the city then afforded. His inherent taste for music, com-
bined with close application, enabled him to make rapid advancement, but
;as yet he had not determined to devote his life to the art. He entered the
-employ of a cousin, who took him in as a clerk with the intention of making
him a partner in the business, but his musical nature would be no longer
<;urbed and began to exert itself most strongly; he grew restless, absent-
minded and forgetful of business obligations, and when finally called to
account he told of his unconquerable desire to devote himself to music. His
■cousin then made him a most generous offer, telling him to spend a year in
the study of music and at the end of that time, if not successful in his new
profession, to return to the store.

Accordingly Professor Kamp entered the College of Music in Cincinnati,
applied himself diligently to his studies for a year, and on the expiration of
that period returned to Richmond and began teaching. He soon secured
many pupils, was engaged to lead church choirs, orchestras and other musical
■organizations, and his services were soon demanded in other towns, so that
he organized classes and orchestras in Portland, Decatur and Bluffton,
Indiana. In 1897 he returned to the College of Music to study voice, harmony
and public-school work, and was graduated eighteen months later. Returning
to Richmond, he resumed the work of teaching and now has a very liberal
and lucrative patronage. In his own education the best teachers, instruments
.and methods were sought, and in his teachings he endeavors to provide these

746 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY,

and thus feels competent to guide and direct the efforts of his pupils. Since
his return from Cincinnati he has secured something for which he had longed
from his school da3's when he pulled rubber from his suspenders and fastened
it on a shingle in imitation of an Italian harp. This splendid instrument has
not only given great delight to its possessor, but has charmed away many
hours for his fellow townsmen, who have great appreciation for the musical
skill and abilitj' of Professor Kamp.

His home relations are very pleasant. He was happil}' married, August
2, 1893, to Miss Laura E. Boesch, and their union has been blessed with
three interesting children: Florence, born February 9, 1894; Wilbur, born
November 7, 1895; and Harry, born May 4, 1897. Professor Kamp is a
member of several social organizations. He belongs to the order of Knights
of Pythias; became a member of Ben Hur Fraternal Insurance Company,
October 16, 1895; was made a Mason April 18, 1898, and on January 25,
1899, became a member of the Camp of Modern Woodmen. He was reared
in the Protestant Lutheran church, and is now a director of music therein.
His entire life has been passed in this city and he is held in the highest regard
by his fellow townsmen.

JAMES E. BROOKS.

A score of years ago James E. Brooks became a resident of Cambridge ,
City, Wayne county, where he stands high in the estimation of all his fellow
townsmen. He is a native of Piqua, Miami county, Ohio, his birth having
occurred October 4, 1848. His parents, Hiram and Catherine (Atkinson)
Brooks, were long honored and esteemed citizens of the Buckeye state and
were called to their reward years ago.

Such education as fell to the share of our subject was obtained in the
public schools of his native town, and at the age of eighteen he commenced
the study of telegraphy. Having mastered the business, he accepted a posi-
tion as operator at Milford Center, Ohio, in the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. Within the course of a few months he was transferred
to the more responsible post at Piqua, Ohio, where he remained for a period
of eight years, giving thorough satisfaction to the company and to the public
in general. His next position was in Richmond, Indiana, where he acted in
the capacity of train dispatcher for two years. At the expiration of that
time, in 1879, he came to Cambridge City, where, in addition to having
control of the wires of the Pennsylvania Company, he has charge of those of
the Western Union, likewise. He is well and favorably esteemed in Masonic
circles having been worshipful master of Cambridge Lodge from 1891 to
1897. Politically he is a zealous Democrat, and during President Cleve-
land's two administrations he was chairman of the Cambridge City Demo-

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. UT

cratic committee. At the convention of the party which assembled in
Cambridge City in 1895 he was nominated for the state senatorship, made
several strong and effective speeches in the ensuing campaign, and though
not elected ran ahead of the ticket, his popularity thus being amply tested.
The marriage of Mr. Brooks and Miss Jennie Kiser, a daughter of Henry
and Mary Kiser, of Piqua, Ohio, was solemnized in September, 1872. They
have four children, a son and three daughters. Nellie is the wife of Rudolph
Miller, of Connersville, Indiana, and Bessie and Lillie, twins, are at home.
The only son, Robert C, is a young man of remarkable scholarship and
promise. He was graduated in the Cambridge City high school when si.xteen
years of age, then served as a telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania Com-
pany for three years, and later was the private secretary of Trainmaster
Grennan. He resigned his position in order to enter upon a course of col-
legiate training, and, matriculating in the Indiana State University, atBloom-
ington, he completed the four-years course in three years. In his second
year in the university he won the first place in the oratorical contest and was
chosen to represent the institution in the inter-collegiate debate, at Green-
castle, Indiana, making the closing address for his own college. The follow-
ing year he was sent as a representative of his university to the citizens' meet-
ing, held in Tomlinson's Hall, in Indianapolis, and at the time of his gradua-
tion, in the summer of 1896, enjoyed the honor of being the valedictorian of
his class. Then, for some fourteen months, he held the position of secretarv
of the New York Reform Club, in the meantime being appointed to com-
pile a bibliography on municipal reform. Having been elected to receive
President White's fellowship in Cornell University, he pursued a post-gradu-
ate course in that institution, and was then favored with a traveling fellow-
ship. This trip includes Berlin and many others of the noted places of learn-
ing on the continent, and the fortunate young man is now in Halle, Ger-
many, investigating the educational methods of that portion of the great
empire.

WALTER WADDELL.

The Waddell family originally settled in the colony of Virginia, whence
some of those bearing the name followed in the tide of immigration to Indiana,
and for many years the grandfather of our subject, Stanford Waddell, was
numbered among the residents of Union county.

Henry Waddell, the father of our subject, and now making his home in
Cambridge City, is an honored veteran of the civil war. He served as a
private in Company A, Thirty-sixth Regiment of Indiana \'olunteer Infantr_\-,
and was actively engaged in many of the most notable campaigns of the entire
strife. Among the renowned battles in which he took part were Shiloh, Cor-
inth, Perryville, Wild Cat Hills, Round mountain. Stone river, Chickamauga,

74S BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Ringgold, Rocky Face Ridge, Lookout mountain. Missionary Ridge, Dalton,
Resaca, New Hope church, Kenesaw mountain and siege of Atlanta. Brave
and faithful, he was always to be depended upon to do his whole duty, no
matter what the circumstances, and as a private citizen he has been no less
zealous in the support of the government and all that makes it great. He
married Elizabeth Crane, and for some 3'ears was a resident of Henry county,
Indiana, but has since dwelt in Cambridge City, where he is held in high
regard. He had three children, but his daughters, May and Gertrude, are
deceased. The wife and mother is a native of Hamilton county, Ohio.

Walter Waddell was born in Henry count}', Indiana, August 2, 1866,
and obtained his education in the schools of Cambridge City. He com-
menced learning the blacksmith trade subsequently to leaving his studies,
and followed it successfully, in the capacity of an employe, until 1897. Hav-
ing, by diligence and economy, accumulated some capital, he invested it in
a business of his own, buying out the firm of Lein & Swiggett, clothiers,
of Cambridge City. He has since managed the business skillfully, and keeps
the most extensive and best assortment of goods and styles of any clothing
house in this locality.

Mr. Waddell is a man of enterprise and public spirit, and though in no
sense a politician he is faithful in the discharge of his duties of citizenship,
his preference being the platform and nominees of the Republican part}'.
Socially he is a member of Wayne Lodge, No. 17, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and belongs to Homer Encampment, No. 11. On the i8th
of March, 1892, he married Mary M. Crook, daughter of M. T. and Mar-
jjaret (Bolles) Crook, of this city.

ALEXANDER P. COOK.

Owning and occupying a nice farm of one hundred acres, located three
miles east of Liberty, Union county, Indiana, we find the subject of this
sketch, Alexander P. Cook, a native "Hoosier." Mr. Cook was born in
Union county, March 14, 1847, son of Jesse and Lydia B. (Sanford) Cook.
Mrs. Lydia B. Cook was born on Nantucket island, daughter of Edward and
Hepzibath Sanford, and died when her son, Alexander P., was only six
years old. She had two other children: Eveline, wife of William Barnard,
is now a resident of Gage county, Nebraska; and Eugene, who died in
infancy. Jesse Cook, the father of our subject, died January 30, 1899, aged
eighty-one years. In early life he learned the carpenter trade, at which he
worked for many years, chiefly in Union county.

Alexander P. Cook was reared in his native county and was yet in his
'teens at the time the civil war broke out. At the age of sixteen he enlisted
as a member of Company D, Ninth Indiana Cavalry, under Colonel Jackson.

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His service was chietl}^ in Tennessee, in tlie .Vrmy of the Cumberlancj.
After the battle at Nashville he was ordered to New Orleans, but was soon
returned to Vicksburg, where he remained until mustered out. He was
honorabi}' discharged, under general order, in June, 1S65, after two years of
service. Throughout his service he was constantly with his command on
duty, with the exception of a few weeks when he was in the hospital at
Nashville.

After his return from the army Mr. Cook engaged in farm work and he
has been farming ever since. He settled on his present farm in 1884, a nice
tract of land, one hundred acres in extent, three miles east of Liberty, upon
which he has made some substantial impro\ements, and where he is carrying
on diversified farming. Among his stock are found some hne thorough-
bred cattle.

Mr. Cook was married December 22, 1870, to Miss Clara Stanton,
daughter of Franklin and Semira (Swain) Stanton. Her father lives on a
farm adjoining theirs. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have no children.

Politically Mr. Cook is what may be termed an independent. He makes
a practice of casting his vote for the man rather than for the nartv.

JESSE P. ELLIOTT.

No man in Jennings township, Fayette county, Indiana, is more widely
known or more highly esteemed than Jesse P. Elliott, a representative of one
of the pioneer families of Faj'ette county. He was born in Bracken county,
Kentucky, August 19, 1826, and comes of \'irginia ancestry. His father,
John Elliott, was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, January 10, 1800; and
his grandparents, Elijah and Elizabeth (Figins) Elliott, were both natives of
the Old Dominion. In 1802 the Elliott family moved to Kentucky and
settled in Bracken county. Elijah Elliott was a soldier in the war of 1S12,
and was a member of Major Croghan's little band that so heroically and suc-
cessfully defended Fort Stephenson against a largely superior force of the
enemy. He afterward fell beneath the tomahawk of the Indians, on the
river Raisin, in Canada. Before going to the war he leased his slaves for a
term of j'ears, and because of Mr. Elliott's sudden death ihe lessee violated
the terms of the contract by continuing to hold the slaves in bondage after
the lease had expired. His son, John Elliott, finally procured their release.
John Elliott was married, in Kentucky, to Rachael Pigman, daughter of
Jesse and Lurany (Newland) Pigman. Mrs. Elliott was born July 2, 1805.
In 1833, accompanied by his wife and their three children, |t)hn Elliott emi-
grated to Indiana and settled in Union county. They left Kentucky in order
to establish their home in a free land and to give to their children the advan-
tages that were denied them in the slave states of the south. They were

750 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

poor in this world's goods. A team and a few household utensils were all
they possessed when the\' arrived in Indiana, but by hard work and good
management on the part of himself and wife they succeeded in acquiring
enough property to make them comfortable. Mr. Elliott was a man of great
ingenuity, and with the aid of a few very imperfect tools made many articles
of liousehold furniture that were a great convenience to the pioneer settlers
of his locality. Their settlement was near the mouth of Elyes creek, in
Union county, where the family lived about five years. Subsequently they
became residents of Jennings township, Fayette county. Their home was on
the line of the "underground railroad" in slavery days and their assistance
was often given to the escaping slaves. Mrs. Elliott was a deeply pious
woman and greatly sympathized with the oppressed race. While Mr. Elliott
was a southern Democrat in his political views, he at least tacitly assented
to his wife's more radical views on the slavery question. He was a strong
Union man during the war of the Rebellion, and the fact that he was a
native of a slave state never lessened his devotion to the Union. He and
his wife became the parents of eleven children, viz.: Jesse P., Charles W..
Elijah, Elizabeth, James M., John, Lurany, Sarah, an infant that died
unnamed, Mary Jane, and Adam, — the first three being natives of Kentucky
and the others of Indiana. The mother of this family died February 27,
1870; the father married again, but died not long afterward, his death occur-
ring September 13, 1873. The most of the family have passed away. Only
three remain in Fayette county — Elijah, James and Jesse P.

Jesse -p. Elliott was about seven years old when he came with his
father's family to Fayette county, Indiana, and here he grew to manhood,
having limited advantages for obtaining an education. l£arly, however, he
realized the value of knowledge, and much of the time he could spare from
manual labor was devoted to the reading and study of such books as he
could obtain. Many an hour did he spend in study by the aid of a torch
light, made from hickory and poplar bark, candles and oil being too great a
luxury for the family to afford. He early had a taste for the law and gained
a fair knowledge of legal matters, and though he was never admitted to the
bar he has pleaded many cases.

March 9, 1S47, he married Nancy Hulgan, a daughter of Robert
Hulgan. Her birth occurred in 18 19 in Columbia, Tennessee, but became
an orphan early in life, and was reared at Shelbyville, Tennessee. The
fruits of their union were four children, one of whom, Mary, is deceased.
Those living are John, Rachel Ann and Nancy J. This wife and mother
having died in 1853, Mr. Elliott married a second time, January 7, 1855, the
lady of his choice being Margaret Darby, who was born in Butler county,
Ohio, in 1844, and she with Daniel Darby came to Fayette county, Indiana,

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at an early day. She bore him seven children, namely; Mary E., Jessie,
Catherine, Fannie B., Emma, Frances A. and Charles.

In recent years Mr. Elliott has had great sorrow in his life, five deaths
occiUTing in his family within a period of about two years! April i6, 1898,
his wife passed away. A short time before her death a daughter died and
soon after the death of the mother two other daughters died, and also one
granddaughter.

Mr. Elliott may be termed a self-made man. He started in life with-
out means, and with no financial assistance from any one, he worked out his
own success. Long ago he acquired a competency, and now in his later
years he is surrounded with comfort and plent)-. Integrity and fair dealing
have characterized all his actions, and no man in the county stands higher
in the estimation of his fellow citizens than does Jesse P. Elliott. He has
served his township in various official capacities, including those of township
trustee and justice of the peace, having been elected by the Republican vote.
Fraternally he maintains membership in good standing in the Masonic and
•Odd Fellows orders. He has done much toward public improvements, and
has been very prominent in agricultural affairs.

CHARLES I. STOTELMYER, M. D.

Among the younger members of the Wayne county medical profession is
this gentleman, who has been a practitioner of Hagerstown scarcely seven
years, yet has won a high place in the estimation of all who know him. Before
he entered upon his professional career he thoroughly equipped himself in
•every possible manner, both in theory and practice, studying under the best
tutors and sparing neither time nor expense.

As his surname indicates, the Doctor is of German ancestry, but his
■forefathers have dwelt in Maryland for many generations. His father, Fred-
■erick Stotelmyer, is still living in that state, but his mother, whose maiden
name was Louisa Schildknecht, passed away in 1898. His paternal grand-
fliother, Hannah (Recher) Stotelm3'er, died in 1895, ^t the age of ninety-nine
years. Their nine sons and a daughter are all living, except Marion, who
■died in 1876, aged fourteen, and William, who died in the spring of 1898.
With the exception of our subject and his brother Rufus, who resides in
Brazil, Indiana, all the surviving children are still citizens of Maryland. One
brother. Harlan, is a professor of music, and another, Lemuel, is a minister
in the Lutheran church.

The birth of Dr. Charles Irving Stotelmyer took place in Frederick
■count}-, Maryland, September 7, 1859. In his boyhood he attended the pub-
lic schools, and later completed his literarv education in the state normal
■school, subsequently engaging in teaching. In 1889 he matriculated in the

752 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

School of iSledicine of the University of Maryland, at Baltimore, and was
graduated in a class of eighty-five members, on the 14th of April, 1892. This
celebrated institution is one of the oldest in the United States, having been
founded in 1807, and from its halls have gone forth some of the most eminent
phvsicians and surgeons of this countr}'. Its graduates in medicine between
18 1 2 and 1890 inclusive, numbered upward of forty-one hundred, and at the
present time about five thousand physicians have claimed it as their d/;//a
iiiatcr. After our subject had finished his course there he attended clinics at
the Johns Hopkins University, and the same year, 1892, he came to Hagers-
town, where he has built up a large and remunerative practice among the
leading families of the place.

On Christmas day, 1882, Dr. Stotelmyer married Miss Ellen S. Hayes,
who died in January, 1886, leaving a little son and daughter, — Ona and
Otho, who live with their grandparents, in Maryland. The lady who now
bears the name of our subject was formerly Miss Sarah A. Brown, a daugh-
ter of Samuel and Margaret (Foutz) Brown, of Wayne county. Her maternal
grandparents, Jesse and Sarah Foutz, who were among the pioneers of
Wayne county, each lived tor be about ninety years of age, Mr. Foutz dying
in 1S92 and his wife passing away in 1898. Mrs. Stotelmyer possesses an
excellent education, and is fitted both by nature and training to grace any
position she might be called upon to occupy.

AUSTIN B. CLAYPOOL.

The name of Claypool has long been prominent in Indiana, and none
has been better and more favorably known in the Whitewater valley. Austin
Bingley Claypool, whose name forms the caption of this article, was born in
Connersville, Indiana, December i, 1823. His parents were Newton and
Mary (Kerns) Claypool. His father, Newton Claypool, and his brother,
Solomon Claypool, were sons of Abraham Claypool, a native of Hardy
county, Virginia, who went early to Ohio and settled in Ross county, whence
in 1 8 16 Newton and Solomon came to Indiana. The two brothers kept the
trading post at Connersville. In 18 18 Newton went back to his old home in
Ross county, Ohio, and was married January 8, that year, to Mary Kerns, a
daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Kerns and the first white child born in Ross
county (1798). Kerns had come from Philadelphia and located nine miles
from Chillicothe. He was the first to drive cattle across the mountains from
Ohio to Philadelphia.

In February after his marriage Newton Claypool returned with his young-
wife to ConnersN'ille, where he opened a hotel with such accommodations as
were available. Granted the use of John Conner's pioneer sawmill for the
night time, he sawed lumber of nights, and as soon as he could do so erected

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 753

near the site of the present skating rink a hotel building, in one room of
which he kept a store. This building he occupied seventeen years. Soloinon
Claypool, his brother, settled on a farm across the river from Connersville,
and died there at the age of fifty-eight years. He never married. He said,
when Newton brought his young wife to Connersville, that a man could not
support a wife in that new country, and he would withdraw from their mutual
interests and farm by himself. This over-careful man was a success in his
own way. He acquired six hundred acres of fine farm land and considerable
property in Connersville, but he was forced to admit that Newton could get
on in the world and take good care of his wife, too. Newton Claypool
became the first treasurer of Fayette county, and represented Fayette and
Union counties in the state legislature for nine consecutive terms, serving in
both houses. He espoused the Whig cause effectively, for while he was not
an orator he was a good planner, worker and organizer, and was a power in
local politics. A close student of the Bible and great admirer of St. Paul, to
whose words and deeds he often referred, he was a man of even habits and
respected for his strict integrity and earnest purpose. He became a large
land-holder, and in 1836 moved in the house now occupied by his son, Aus-
tin B. He was a successful business man, and made a success of raising and
dealing in hogs, driving them to the Cincinnati market. In 185 i he moved
into Connersville and retired from active affairs. He was interested in every
extensive improvement of his time and locality. He helped to build the
turnpike road from Connersville to Milton about 1850; was a stockholder in
companies which built other roads out of Connersville, and was an organizer
of the old state bank at Connersville. He died May 14, 1866, aged seventy-
one years, eleven months and twenty-four days, and was buried in the fam-
ily lot at Connersville. His wife died August 16, 1864, aged sixty-six years,
two months and thirteen days.

The children of Newton and Mary (Iverns) Claypool were as follows:
Sarah Ann, who died aged nineteen; Austin Bingle\-, the iminediate subject
of this sketch; Benjamin Franklin, who was a prominent attorney and busi-
ness man; Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Abraham Jefferson, who was a
prominent merchant of Connersville and later a banker of Muncie; Edward
F"ay, who became a banker in connection with the Connersville branch of
the State Bank of Indiana, with which his father and his brothers, Benjamin
F. and Austin B., were also connected; Mary Francenia and Maria, who died
in infancy; and Newton LaFayette, the youngest of the family, died aged
seven years.

Austin Bingley Claypool was born and reared in Connersville and given
the best education the common schools afforded in that dav. He was the

754 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

oldest of the children, and consequently he was not given the best of educa-
tional advantages. May 20, 1846, he married Hannah Ann Petty, a daughter
of Williams Petty and Elizabeth (John) Petty. Williams Petty came to
Indiana in 18 17, ran the distiller}' for John Conner, the founder of Conners-
viile, and became a large land-holder, and settling in Wayne county he
resided there many years, and was one of the most successful traders of the
^^'hitewater valley. Mr. and Mrs. Claypool resided on a farm in Fayette
county until 1850, when he removed to Wayne county, where he farmed up
to 1S61, when he returned to Connersville, and resided there till 1863, being
-connected with the State Bank as its acting president. The banking busi-
Tiess being too confining and not conducive to his good health, he quit it in
,11863 and removed to his farm near Bentonville, and resided there following
agriculture until 1865, when he returned to Connersville, and took up his
residence on his father's old homestead near Connersville, and here he has
continued to reside, meanwhile looking after his extensive real-estate and
other business interests.

Throughout his life Mr. Claypool has taken a deep interest in public
•affairs. No important public improvement or measure tending to benefit
'Connersville and Fayette county has arisen and found him not at the front.
'His support as a leader has always been given to each and every grand im-
provement. He is a man of decided views and is fearless in expressing
them, and his judgment on matters of moment is regarded as sound, and
often sought. Maplewood, now a component part of Connersville, is a
beautiful suburb uf perhaps a population of fifteen hundred, and most of it is
situated on a part of his father's old homestead which Mr. Claypool has
owned since 1865. The town of Maplewood was platted by Mr. Claypool,
and he may be appropriately and truthfully styled the founder of the place.
Here he erected a church building and parsonage in 1884 and gave it to the
:public. There was organized a Methodist church in the same year, and upon
the dedication of the church Mr. and Mrs. Claypool became members of the
congregation and have since worshipped here.

To Mr. and Mrs. Claypool were born eight children, four of whom died
in infancv and the remaining four, Virginia, Marcus, Elizabeth and Frank,
are still living.

Virginia married and is the widow of Henry C. Meredith, son of General
Meredith, who commanded the gallant " Iron Brigade " in the civil war. At
her husband's death Mrs. Virginia Meredith had left to her an extensive
stock farm and other business interests, which she has successfully managed.
She has given much attention to agriculture, has often lectured on the sub-
ject, and at present (1899) she is superintendent of the girls' department of

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the School of Agriculture at St. Anthony's Park, Minnesota. She was a
member of the board of lady managers of the World's Columbian Exposition
at Chicago, and did valuable and acceptable service on that board.

Marcus Claypool is a successful farmer and stock-raiser, of Muncie,
Indiana, raising fine horses and Jersey cattle, and is well known among stock-
raisers. He is a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and of the Sanitary
Live Stock Commission of Indiana, and its acting president.

Elizabeth Claypool married Morrell J. Earl, of Lafayette, Indiana, who
died in less than a year after the marriage, and his widow now resides with
her parents.

Frank Claypool is the publisher of the Muncie Morning News. He was
recently sent to Porto Rico by the United States Government on a mission
connected with the United States postal service.

LEVI S. BILLING.

Levi S. Dilling, of Jefferson township, Wayne county, is the eldest
child of Henry Dilling, and was born at his father's homestead, February 15,
1854. He attended the schools of the district in his boyhood and later was
a student in the high school at Hagerstown. In 1S73 he began teaching and
was a successful educator for fifteen years. He taught his first school in
Henry county but a short distance from his home, but the remainder of his
educational work was in Wayne county, and during the course of his career
as a teacher he had charge of seven different schools.

Mr. Dilling was married, in 1885, to Miss Mary Ellen Widows, a daugh-
ter of Lemuel Widows, and their union has been blessed with three children,
a son and two daughters: Ivan W., who was born August 28, 1888; Mav
Anna, born May 2, 1891; and Bertha R. , born February 2, 1S95. It is a
remarkable fact that the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Dilling is the only great-
grandson of Jacob Dilling who bears the name of Dilling, although the
great-grandchildren are very numerous.

Mr. Dilling owns and occupies one-half of the quarter-section of land
that his grandfather, Jacob Dilling, purchased more than si.xty years ago.
He is one of the representative men of his town and count}', and has ever
been deeply interested in the educational and religious advancement of the
community in which he lives. He is a minister of the German Baptist
Brethren church, of which his people are members, and is the present sec-
retary of the church and of the Cemetery Association. He is also president of
the Hagerstown Creamery Company, and is in all respects a most worthy
citizen. Mr. Dilling was one of the original organizers of the German Bap-
tist Tri-county Mutual Protective Association. His brother Daniel is secre-
tary and treasurer of the board of directors, which was organized October

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24, 1S95, began issuing policies Januar}- i, 1S96, and now (July 10, 1899)
has about one million, two hundred thousand dollars in policies.

It may be interesting in this connection to note something of the family
from which he springs. His father, Henry Dilling, who resides on section
28, Jefferson township, Wayne county, is a representative of one of the
pioneer families of this part of the state. His father, Jacob Dilling, was
born in what is now Blair county, but was formerly a part of Huntington
county, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1797, and was a son of Casper Dilling, who
was a native of Germany and was one of the Hessian soldiers employed by
England for service in the Revolutionary war. \\'hen he arrived in this country,
however, the war was ended, and he resolved to make his home in America,
settling in Pennsylvania. He reared a large number of children and was
probably the progenitor of the different branches of the family in America
that bear the name of Dilling. Jacob Dilling was the only son of the family
who emigrated to Indiana, although a daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Mathew
Shields, settled in Henry county, this state, and left a family of children.
Jacob Dilling was reared in his native county, there married Susannah
Hoover, and in the spring of 1833 came to Indiana. He made his way to
Wayne county, settling on section 28, Jefferson township, on land now
owned by his grandson, Levi S. Dilling. The place was then partially
improved and upon the homestead farm he and his wife spent their remain-
ing days. His death occurred May 28, 1S60, and the wife and mother passed
away on the 21st of October of the same year. He was one of the well-
known pioneers of Wayne county, and was prominently connected with its
development and progress. His first purchase of land consisted of a quarter
section, to which he later added fifty acres adjoining. Not long after his
arrival in the county he also had a linseed-oil mill and successfully engaged
in its operation, the enterprise proving a profitable one. With the assistance
of his sons he carried on the business for many years and invested the profits
of his mills in land until he became the possessor of about twelve hundred
acres. The mill was located on Bear creek, and he erected and operated a
sawmill on the same stream. He was a man of great energy and force of
character and was intimately associated with the material progress and
growth of the township and county. He and his wife were members of the
German Baptist Brethren church and he assisted in building the first house
of worship for that denomination in Wayne county.

This worthy couple were the parents of fourteen children, two of whom
died in infancy, while twelve grew to mature years; but of this once numer-
ous family only Henry Dilling is now living. George, the eldest of the
twelve, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1820, and died at the age of fifty-seven
years. Elizabeth, born in 1822, married Levi Sprinkle, and died when

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about twenty-five years of age. Catherine, born in 1823, married Moses
Schmuck, and died at the age of sixty-eight years. Jacob, born in 1825,
died at the age of thirty-eight years. David, born in 1827, enHsted in an
IlHnois regiment during the civil war, and probably lost his life in the service,
for no news of him was afterward received. Christina, who was born in
1S29, married Levi Sprinkle, and died at the age of sixty-eight years. Henry-
is the next in order of birth. Frederick, born in 1833, died at the age of
thirty-six years. Annie, born in 1837, married Gabriel Hardman, and died
at the age of thirty-five years. William, born in 1839, died when about
twenty-six years of age. John, born in 1843, died at the age of eighteen
years. Daniel, born in 1845, died at the age of forty-five.

Henry Dilling, the only surviving member of this family and the seventh
son, was born in Pennsylvania May 27, 1831, and was only about two years
old when brought by his parents to Indiana. Here his entire life has been
spent. In his boyhood and youth he assisted his father in the mill and on
the farm, and for a short time in the winter season attended such schools as
the county then afforded. He was married October 25, 1852, to Miss Anna
Schock, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Miller) Schock, natives of the Key-
stone state. Her father removed from Pennsylvania to Indiana with his
parents and settled in Wayne county not far from Milton. There the grand-
parents of Mrs. Dilling spent their remaining days, dying on the old home-
stead, where they first located. The}' became the parents of a large number
of children, but all have now passed awa}' save Mrs. Dilling's father. He
was born September 16, 1808, and married Mar}' Miller, who became the
mother of four daughters and died at the age of twenty-five years. The
daughters yet survive. For his second wife Mr. Schock married Lavina
Swafford, who with her husband lives in Henry county. They have one
daughter and five sons. It is quite remarkable that all the children born to
this now aged man are still living.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dilling have two sons and two daughters, namely:
Levi S., whose record begins this sketch; Margaret Ann, who was born Feb-
ruary II, 1857, and is the wife of Elvvood Lawson; Daniel O., who was born
May 21, 1863, and married Elizabeth Holder, and is a resident of Jefferson
township, Wayne county; and Ida E., who was born August 31, 1867, and
became the wife of Charles Lawson, who died August 28, 1887. They also
lost one child, Eli R. , who was born February 10, i86r, and died February
9, 1862.

Henry Dilling is the owner of a fine farm and pleasant home where he
and his estimable wife and their daughter Ida now live, which has been in
his possession for nearly half a century. Mr. and Mrs. Dilling are numbered
among the highly esteemed people of the township where the great part of

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their lives have been passed. The family are worthy and consistent members
of the German Baptist Brethren church, with which they have been con-
nected through four decades. Mr. Dilling is accounted one of the progressive
and public-spirited citizens of the township and has aided in no small meas-
ure in advancing its best interests. The cause of education has ever found
in him a warm friend and supporter and his children have been provided
good educational privileges and are now useful and respected members of
society.

P. T. JONES.

A representative of an honored pioneer family of Franklin county,
Indiana, will be treated in this biographical notice. P. T. Jones was born
on the old family homestead where ha still resides, November 21, 1834. He
received his schooling at the old-fashioned log school-house, and was trained
to do farm labor. His parents were Philip and Sarah (Crossley) Jones,
both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, but who came west when young.
Philip's father emigrated to Hamilton county, Ohio, about 1795. He
remained there from the time he was eight years of age till he grew to man-
hood and married. He served in the war of 1812, and in 18 14 entered land
and two years later moved his family and settled there. At first he secured
one hundred and sixty acres of land, but later added to it and made good
improvements on the same. Milling had to be done at a far distant point,
and the roads had to be "blazed," — the bark on trees along the line
shaved off a little by an ax, — thus showing that the section was yet a
veritable wilderness. He endured all these early-day hardships and remem-
bered how the Indians used to roam about the dark forests and how there
was much wild game. He was an old-time Democrat, but never aspired
to office. His wife was a member of the Primitive Baptist church, of which
he was a liberal supporter. He was a strictly moral man, but never united
with a church. He died August 27, 1865, and his wife died in 1878. Their
children were: James D., who died in Iowa; Ross C, now deceased; Will-
iam L., of Cleves, Ohio; Sarah B., now Mrs. R. McGee; and P. T., the sub-
ject of this sketch.

P. T. Jones was born and reared on the ho iiestead, where he still
resides. It fell to him by his father's will. He cared for his parents in their
declining years, and in 1852 he married and settled down, after having come
into full possession of the homestead. He cleared up much of the land and
reconstructed the buildings, adding to the brick house a frame addition. He
has become a successful farmer, by following the precepts of his father. He
has always voted the Democratic ticket and been looked upon as a leader in
the locality in which he lives. He has attended county and state conven-
tions and ever worked for the interests of his party. Among the offices of

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trust which he has held may be named those of township trustee and ditch
commissioner for the county, and he held the office of justice of the peace
until he refused to serve any longer. He is a man of excellent judgment
and possessed of a clear and broad mind, being, withal, a man of integrity.

Mr. Jones married Miss Mary J. Cowen, of an honored pioneer family.
She was born January 4, 1834, in Indiana, the daughter of John and Martha
(Miles) Cowen, her father being a farmer by occupation. They first settled
in Union county, from there came to Franklin county and later removed to
Decatur county, where they died. They were both members of the Christian
church. Their children were: Squire, now of Kansas; John, at Brookville;
James, deceased; Harry, — these four having served in the war of the Rebel-
lion; Joseph, now of California; Mary J., wife of our subject; Margaret, Mrs.
J. Landon; and Maranda, wife of H. C. Talley, a contractor of Hammond,
Illinois.

Our subject and his estimable wife have been blessed with the following
family of children: William, a farmer of this township; James M. engaged
in mining in the state of Washington; Sarah J., Mrs. Barbour; John P., of
Pendleton, Indiana; Albert O., of Linden, Indiana; George H., who died at
the age of thirty-one years; Laura B. , who died at the age of twenty years,
and Harry C, of Hamilton, Ohio. The angel of death visited our subject's
home August 28, 1894, and claimed Mrs. Jones. Notwithstanding the early
hardships and the later sad afflictions of this gentleman, he yet counts life
dear and more than an ordinary success.

ELMER E. PIERCE, M. D., D. D. S.

One of the rising young physicians of Richmond, Wayne county, is the
gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch. For the past si.x or
seven years he has had an office in this thriving little city, and though for some
time he practiced dentistry exclusively, and met with gratifying success in
that vocation, he afterward turned his attention more especially to the regu-
lar medical and surgical line, and is rapidly gaining a foothold in this branch
of medical science. By long preparation, study and experience he is thor-
oughly qualified as a family practitioner and as a dentist, and his time is
fully occupied in attending to the needs of his patients, among whom are
many of the leading citizens of this locality.

The Doctor, as well as his parents, William D. and Anna M. (Millikan)
Pierce, is of Indiana birth. They were all natives of Henry county, and
there the father is still living, but the mother died in 1880, at the age of
thirty-five years. William D. Pierce owns a finely improved farm of two
hundred and ninety-five acres, and is famous in his county as a stock-raiser
and breeder of short-horn cattle. As a citizen he stands very high in the

7C0 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

estimation of all who know him, and in the Republican party he is a zealous
worker. In 1S9S he was honored by being elected county commissioner of
Henry county, and is meeting the requirements of that responsible position
with the same fidelity and regard for the public welfare that he has always
manifested in all of his transactions in the past. Religiously he is a member
■of the Society of Friends, belonging to the Richmond meeting. He is the
father of two sons and two daughters.

Dr. Elmer E. Pierce was born October 18, 1869, and was reared in
Henry county. His education was obtained in the public schools of that
county, and in the spring of 1890 he was graduated in the Richmond Busi-
ness College. The following autumn he commenced the study of dentistry in
Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati. Later he entered the Indiana Dental
College, in Indianapolis, graduating there in the spring of 1892. That sum-
mer he practiced in Richmond, and the ensuing autumn he returned to the
Indiana Dental College and pursued a post-graduate course. Resuming his
work in Richmond he continued to devote his whole time and attention to
dentistry until the fall of 1896, when he matriculated in the Physio-Medical
College in Indianapolis. In the spring of 1898 he was graduated in that
institution and has since practiced medicine in connection with dentistry.
Socially he is identified with Webb Lodge, No. 124, F. and A. M., and
the Modern Woodmen of America, in which he is medical examiner. In
personal manner he is agreeable and courteous, readily winning friends. He
uses his ballot in favor of the nominees of the Republican party.

In 1892 Dr. Pierce married Stella M. Walls, and they have a little daugh-
ter, Lorine. Mrs. Pierce is a daughter of Dr. J. A. Walls, a successful phy-
sician and specialist in chronic diseases. She is a member of the Christian
■church.

JOHxN H. QUICK, M. D.

This honored citizen of Brookville is not only one of the oldest inhabi-
tants of Franklin county, but may justly claim the palm for having been
longer engaged in the practice of his profession than any other physician in
this section of the state. Loved and venerated by a multitude of friends, he
is happily passing his declining days within four miles of his birthplace.

John Quick, the father of the Doctor, was a native of Maryland, his
birth having occurred near Hagerstown, in 1780. Removing to Kentucky in
his early manhood, he there married Mary Eads, of a prominent family and a
cousin of the famous civil engineer, James B. Eads, who superintended the
construction of the wonderful bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis, and
also built the jetties below New Orleans. The young couple lived at George-
town, Kentucky, until 1807, when they removed to Ohio, thence in 1809
thev removed, with their three children, to Franklin county, Indiana. The

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previous year the father had entered a quarter-section of land four miles to
the southeast of Brookville, and during the following years he had abundant
work in the clearing and improvement of his homestead. He died there in
in 1852, loved and esteemed by his neighbors and associates. Though his
chief occupation in life had been agriculture, his exceptional ability and men-
tal powers led to his being chosen to occupy various important public posi-
tions, in all of which he distinguished himself and won the approbation of
the people. For several years he held the ofBce of justice of the peace, and
for three terms he was an associate judge. Politically he was a strong
Andrew Jackson Democrat, and in religion he was a Baptist, for years con-
' nected with the Litte Cedar Grove church, in which he filled nearly every
official position. To himself and wife eight sons and two daughters were
born. William G. , one of the sons, was a successful attorney at law, prac-
ticing in Brookville and at Martinsville, Morgan county, in the latter place
serving as a judge for one term. For many years he was deputy auditor,
Tinder his brother, the Doctor. His death occurred at his home in Martins-
ville, in 1893. Another brother, Cyrus, was county commissioner of Frank-
lin county for two terms.

The birth of Dr. John H. Quick took place October 22, 18 18, on his
parents' pioneer farm near i^rookville. He passed his boyhood there, his
early education being such as the district schools afforded, and later he
attended Brookville Seminary. Under the direction of the late Dr. George
Berry, of Brookville, he commenced the study of medicine, after which he
attended the Ohio Medical College for two terms. On the ist of June, 1840,
he began practicing at Drewersburg, Franklin county, and at the end of
eighteen months he removed thence to Cedar Grove. In the latter town he
continued successfully in practice for twelve years, and in November, 1854,
he returned to Brookville, the county-seat, where he has since dwelt and
.pursued his vocation. Nothing in the way of study or arduous effort that
might advance him in his chosen field of labor was neglected by him, and for
years he was connected with medical associations. Into countless numbers
•of homes he has carried confidence, cheerfulness and renewed hope and
healthfulness, and the heartfelt sympathy which he has ever manifested
toward the sick and suffering has resulted in the lasting love and gratitude of
his patients. For a number of years he has been the physician to the county
almshouse and the Children's Home.

Following in the political footsteps of his father, the Doctor has given
his earnest allegiance to the Democratic party. Years ago he filled a vacancy
'in the county auditorship for four months, and at the expiration of that time
was elected to the position, which he acceptably held for two terms, or eight
years, leaving the ofBce, March 5, 1863.

762 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

On the 1 6th of June, 1841, Dr. Quick married Sarah J. Cleaver, of
Drewersburg, Franklin county, and of their children a son and a daughter
survive, namely: Edgar, who is a progressive farmer of this vicinity; and
Gertrude, who is the wife of William M. Campbell, of Redkey, Jay county,

Indiana.

MILTON MAXWELL.

Few men are better known or more enthusiastic in the welfare, develop-
ment and success of his home county than Milton Maxwell. He is the son of
Thomas and Jemima Maxwell, the youngest of a family of ten children.
Milton Maxwell was born in Union township. Union county, Indiana, Januar}^
iS, 1 84 1. His great-grandfather came to America from Ireland about the
year 1740, settling in North Carolina. Milton Maxwell's father was born in
Tennessee. When a young man he came north to Union county, Indiana.
He married in the adjacent county of Wayne, bringing his wife on horseback
to Union township. Union county, Indiana, where they settled on one hun-
dred and twentv acres of unbroken forest land. Here, with a few other
' ' clearings '" around them, this worthy couple, full of hope and energy, began
the battle of life with few advantages and fewer luxuries coming to their door.
Their fare was common but good; their clothing of homespun; but their hands
were busy with plenty of hard work, from rosy dawn until the stars girdled
the night. To this hardy, industrious generation of pioneers the subject of
this sketch belonged, — a pioneer generation that laid deep the foundation of
our strong and enduring civilization, shaping the destinies of the greatest
country on earth, and weaving crowns of glory with which to adorn the
nation's brow. The ancestors of Milton Maxwell, generations back, were
adherents to the faith of the Society of Friends.

Milton Maxwell's father was an active Abolitionist. When politicians
were wrong, judges subservient to influence and the pulpit a coward, Thomas
Maxwell cried aloud: " Man shall not hold property in man. The least
developed person on earth is just as important and sacred to himself or her-
self as the most developed person is to himself or herself." To this democ-
racy he held, and was an active agent in the " Underground Railroad " in
those days, aiding with food, shelter, money and comfort many of the blacks
in their night flittings from their plantation huts in the south to the land of
the free, beyond the swift, sparkling waters of the old St. Lawrence. This
pioneer hero was a cabinetmaker by trade, and many of his evenings were
spent making furniture and other articles for the comfort of his own home and
those of his neighbors. At the age of forty-eight years, young as the years
are measured, but aged in experience and good deeds, his sun of life dropped
behind the hills of life. He left a wife and ten children, and bequeathed to
them a legacy of honest and faithful endeavor that will never die.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 7GS

At an early age Milton Maxwell was thus left with brothers and sisters,
and with a mother who was built upon the same grand plan of the father and
husband, — strong in character, self-reliant, a pioneer, brave, hardy and
resourceful. She was as a giant oak, sheltering well her children, and pos-
sessed of a heart that opened her hand to give substantial aid to the poor and
all that called at her home in the "clearing."

After reaching his majority Milton Ma.xwell went to the town of Lotus,
in Union county, where he engaged in the merchandise business for about two
years. He then went to Richmond, Indiana, where he followed the same
business for a time. Returning to Union county, he purchased the farm
owned by his father-in-law, Jonathan Swain, in Center township, which farm
he still owns and manages. He has always been a man of convictions, with
the courage to express them. To this " courage of conviction," and feeling
that it was a duty, he became a member of the state militia in early man-
hood. For this, and because of marrying outside the Society of Friends, he
was deposed from that church. He is a stanch Republican, and his friend-
ship for the soldier is as strong as affection can bind man and man together.
He is a charter member of the Liberty Lodge of Knights of Pythias, No. i 14,
and past chancellor of that order.

The most of Milton Maxwell's life has been devoted to agricultural pur-
suits. For fifteen years he bought and sold live stock, being a member of
the firm of Keffer, Maxwell & Company, which firm transacted a very exten-
sive and profitable business. He is an earnest worker in the party of his-
choice, the Republican party, using his best efforts and influence in the cause
which he believes to be right. In 1894 he was elected auditor of Union
county, Indiana, which ofBce he filled for the term of four years, efficiently
and to the satisfaction of all concerned. In 1898 he was re-elected auditor
for another term of four years.

Possessing genial, lively and social qualities, Mr. Maxwell is very fond
of out-door sports. Almost every summer his steps incline him to wood-
land paths and banks of purling streams, where the flowers bloom and the
breezes ripple the waters; and he takes his outings in the neighborhood of
the great lakes of the north, where he finds sweet solace and an angler's
rapture in coaxing the leaping trout with artful lures; or in tossing the ani-
mated shiner in the lair of the gamy bass, where, if fortunate enough he
sends the cruel steel into the purloiner's quivering jaw, bringing on a battle
royal that makes the nerves of the true sportsman tingle and his responsive
heart beat a lively tattoo that will not quiet until the mail-clad warrior safely
reposes on the green sward at his side. Turning from the sinuous streams,
with his gun and dog, he roams the woods for the toothsome partridge and
bounding deer. From these side trips every true lover of the sport with

764 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

rod and reel, gun and dog, returns to his duties invigorated and refreshed,
taking up his work with renewed energ}'.

On the 17th of March, 1864, Milton Maxwell was married to Miss
Jerusha Swain, the youngest daughter of Jonathan Swain. Her parents,
too, were early settlers in Union county, coming from North Carolina.
Both have long since passed to the land of shadows, — the " Land of the
Leal."

Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell's first child died in infancy. The next, Clyde E.,
is a bookkeeper in the firm of Saddler, Huddleston & Company, in the stock-
yards at Buffalo, New York. The third child, a daughter, Ora B., is the wife
of Allie Bertch, the junior partner in the hardware firm of Bertch & Son,
Liberty, Indiana. Leo C. , the next, is a student in the Miami University,
at Oxford, Ohio. Hollis D. and Ada E. are both pupils of the high school
in Liberty, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell are affable and genial, esteemed
and influential members of the highest social circles, and, being royal enter-
tainers, their home is often the scene of festive enjoyment.

ALPHEUS M. SMITH, M. D.

Alpheus M. Smith, M. D. , of Everton, Indiana, was born at Warring-
ton, Hancock county, Indiana, April 4, 1848, son of Isaac M. and Catherine
(Crum) Smith, both natives of Franklin county, this state.

John Smith, the grandfather of our subject, was an Englishman who, as
a British soldier, came to America during the Revolutionary war. He was
captured by the Americans and afterward fought with them for independence.
After the war was over he settled in Pennsylvania, later moved to Ohio and
from there came to Indiana, being among the pioneers of Franklin county,
During the early part of his life he worked at his trade, that of tanner, but
afterward turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He died in Franklin
county. His wife was of German ancestry. They were the parents of the
following named children: Mrs. Elizabeth Young; Nancy, wife of J. Chance;
Isaac M., the father of the subject of this sketch; Matthew, who died while
serving in the Union army during the civil war; and Mrs. Sarah A. Snyder.

Isaac M. Smith was reared on his father's farm in Franklin county and
was married to Catherine Crum in Fayette county. Subsequently they
moved to Warrington, Hancock county, where he became a prosperous
farmer, the owner of over seven hundred acres of land. He was engaged in
farming in that county until 1881, when he sold out and went to Kansas,
where he invested in land and stock. He also at different times had other
interests, speculating in store, mill and manufacturing property, and as a
business man his career was a successful one. He died in Kansas in 1890,
and his wife died in that state in 1895. Both were members of the Christian

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 7G5

church. PoHtically he was originally a Democrat, hut affiliated with the
Republican party from the time of its organization. His children in order of
birth are: James, a farmer and stock-dealer; Elias M., a speculator; Robert
A., a physician and a prominent and influential citizen of Greensboro, Indi-
ana; Sarah, wife of J. Garris, of Garnet, I\ansas; Alpheus M., whose name
introduces this review; Dr. I. M., of Monterey, Indiana; and Nancy, wife of
Mr. Hedricks, of Oklahoma.

Of Dr. Smith's mother, //^r Catherine Crum, we further record that she
was the daughter of John Crum, an honored pioneer of Ohio. When a cln'ld
of eight years John Crum was stolen by the Indians and was kept in captivit}'
until he was about twenty, when he was restored to his friends in Ohio. He
married in Ohio and came soon afterward to Indiana, settling in the northern
part of the state, where he acquired a large tract of land and where he and
his family became prominent citizens. One of his sons, William, represented
St. Joseph county in the state legislature, afterward went to California for
his health and died there. His only child became the wife of Senator Holler,
of South Bend, Indiana. Other members of the family were John, who died
in Muncie; Stephen; Peter, of Colorado; and Catherine and Mary, twins, the
latter the wife of Joseph Garner, and the former the mother of our subject.

Alpheus M. Smith was reared on his father's farm and received his early
education in the common schools. He commenced the study of medicine in
the office of Drs. R. A. and I. M. Smith, the former at Greensboro, Indiana,
and the latter at Monterey, this state, and later read medicine in Dr. S. R.
Richie's office at Donaldson, also in this state. He attended his first course
of medical lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College in 1871-2. After this
he engaged in the practice of his profession, in partnership with Dr. Richie,
in Marshall and LaPorte counties, where he remained for several \ears. In
1886, in order still further to prepare himself for his life work, he took a
course in medicine at Indianapolis, and is a graduate of the Physio- Medical
College, of that city. The same year, 1886, he went to Kansas, where he
practiced for two years, returning at the end of that time to LaPorte county.
The next two years he spent in the city of LaPorte, where he conducted a
successful practice; thence he moved to Knox, three years later to Cadiz,
Henry count}', and in January, 1899, to his present location at Everton,
Fayette county. Dr. Smith has had an extensive and varied practice, and is
well worthy of the high confidence and respect he commands at his new loca-
tion, with which he is well pleased and where he expects to remain perma-
nently. He has at different places been interested in the drug business.

Dr. Smith has been twice married. In 1879 he married Miss Florence
Harrison, granddaughter of Judge William Harrison, of Peru. Judge Harri-
son was a cousin of General William Henrv Harrison. Mrs. Florence Smith

76G BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

died June 6, 1881, leaving an cnly child, Cren, Oren Sn ith is ncv a tele-
graph operator in the emplo}- of the Santa Fe Railroad Company, located at
Hurdland, Missouri. In 1886 Dr. Smith married for his second wife Miss
Lillian Green, of Indiana, born in 1864, daughter of Robert R. Green, who
came to this country from England when a boy. Mr. Green is a veteran of
both the Mexican and civil wars, a captain in the latter, and is now diving
retired, an honored citizen and a consistent member of the Christian church.
His wife died in 1S81. To them were born five children, namely: Mrs. Bell
Pownall, Robert, Lillian, Nelly A. and Worthy M. Nelly A. died in early
childhood. Worth)' M. was a member of the One Hundred Fifty-seventh
Indiana Volunteers during the Spanish-American war and went with his regi-
ment to Florida. Dr. and Mrs. Smith have one child, Bernice, born May
20, 1893.

The Doctor and his wife are identified with the Methodist Episcopal
church. Fraternally he is a member in good standing of the I. O. O. F. ,
K of P. , and K. & L. of C. .

WILLIAM J. ZACHARIAS.

The history of William J. Zacharias, of Brookville, Franklin county, is
one of special interest, as it plainly demonstrates what may be accomplished
by a young man possessing pluck and energy, even though he be a stranger
in a foreign land. America, above all nations, has extended a welcoming
hand to the sons of other lands, and has given opportunities for advancement
which Europe does not afford.

A son of Joseph and Mary (Meyer) Zacharias, our subject was born in
the province of Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, March 17, 1857. Growing
to manhood there, he received an excellent education, and was graduated in
the college at Brakel, his native town. He then entered a large dry-goods
establishment as a bookkeeper, NVhich position he continued to fill for three
years, at the end of that period resolving to seek better fortune in the United
States.

In 1875 ^^- Zacharias bade adieu to the scenes and friends of his youth,
and upon arriving at Baltimore proceeded directly to Franklin county. Here
he made his home for a short time with his uncle, Edward Zacharias, of
Laurel, and, as he had no knowledge of the English language, he worked for
his relative, who was a painter and decorator. Then, going to Morris, Ripley
■county, he engaged in clerking for about a year, rapidly mastering the lan-
guage, as his more extended association with the public enabled him to do.
Returning to Laurel, he resumed painting, and was later placed in charge of
a day school. Spending all of his leisure time in study, his progress was
rapid, and in 1883 he pursued a normal course in the Brookville school, and.

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being granted a license to teach, passed the succeeding four years as a teacher
in the pubHc schools of the county.

Prior to this, however, Mr. Zacharias had identified himself with the
Democratic party, taking a particularly active part in local politics. In 1887
his numerous friends induced him to become a candidate for the office of
sheriff, and in November, 1888, he was duly elected. In 1890 he was
re-elected, and served to the satisfaction of all concerned. In the winter
of 1893 he took quite an influential paft in the organization of the legisla-
ture, and was chosen as chief journal clerk of the lower house, serving
through that session. In the fall of 1893 he was made deputy collector of
internal revenue, under Captain W. H. Bracken, and travels through the
sixth collection district of Indiana in the discharge of his important duties.
He has made an excellent record and innumerable friends.

In his religious faith Mr. Zacharias is a Catholic, as were his parents
before him. That he possesses unusual mental endowments, his success thus
far in life indicates, and that enterprise and earnestness of purpose are among
his strong traits of character can not be doubted.

W. T. MURRAY.

\V. T. Murray, a well known representative of the agricultural interests
•of Fayette county, owns and operates two hundred and fifty acres of fine
farming land, and through the careful conduct of his business interests has
won a competence. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, December 17,
1846, a son of Jeremiah and Malinda (Steele) Murray. On the paternal side
he is of Irish descent, his grandfather, George Murray, having been born on
the, Emerald Isle, where he wedded Mary Murphy, also a native of that land.
"With his family he crossed the Atlantic to America and took up his residence
in Mason county, Kentucky, but spent his last days in Cincinnati, Ohio,
where his death occurred in 1863. Jeremiah Murray, the father of our sub-
ject, was born in Ireland and was brought to America when a child of six
years. After residing for a time in Mason county, Kentucky, he removed to
Louisville, that state, and thence went to Cass county, Indiana. By trade
he was a carpenter, and in connection with that pursuit followed the occupa-
tion of farming through a portion of his business career. He married
Malinda Steele, a daughter of \\'illiam Steele, a native of Pennsylvania, who
loyally served his country in the war of 1812, participating in the engage-
ments at Fort Defiance, Ohio, and on the Camden border.. He subsequently
took up his abode in Mason county, Kentucky, whence, in 1854, he removed
to Cass county, Indiana, his death there occurring in February, 1S64, when
he had attained the age of seventy-six years. Throughout his business career
.he devoted his energies to farming. The father of our subject died in Cass

768 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

count}-, at the age of thirty-six years, and the mother, long surviving him,
passed awav, in Fayette county, in 1892. They were the parents of three
sons and two daughters, of whom W. T. Murray is the third in order of birth
and is the only one now living. George served in the war of the Rebellion,
and died in 1S74; Mrs. Mary E. Grant died in 1894; John died at Blue River,
Rush county, Indiana; June died in infancy.

\\'. T. Murray spent the first six years of his life in Mason county, Ken-
tucky, and then accompanied his parents on their removal to Louisville,
where he remained two years. In 1854 he became a resident of Cass county,
Indiana, where he was principally reared, acquiring his education in the
public schools of that locality. Upon the home farm he was early trained to
habits of industry, and continued to devote his time to plowing, planting and
harvesting until his enlistment in his country's service during the civil war.
On the 23d of January, 1864, at Logansport, he joined Company I\, One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and joined Sher-
man's army. He then participated in the Atlanta campaign, after which his
regiment returned with General Thomas to Franklin and Nashville. At the
latter place he was taken ill, in 1865, and after recovering was transferred to
the Seventeenth Veteran Reserve Corps, being honorably discharged Novem-
ber 22, 1865, at Indianapolis.

Returning then to Logansport, Mr. Murray was engaged in farming in
Cass county for two years, after which he removed to Rush county, where he
learned the harness-maker's trade, carrying on business along that line until
1873, when he located upon a farm near Connersville. He has since devoted
his energies to the care, cultivation and improvement of his land, and now
has two hundred and fifty acres, the greater part of which has been trans-
formed into rich fields, which yield excellent returns to the owner for the care
and labor he bestows upon them. He also follows stock-raising, dealing
especially in hogs, which he buys and ships on an extensive scale.

On the 20th ot April, 1872, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Murray
and Miss Mary Goble,_of Connersville, and to them have been born four
sons and four daughters. Socially our subject is connected with Fayette
Lodge, No. 31, I. O. O. F. , in which he has filled all the chairs, and is now
past grand. He is also a valued member of Connersville Post, No. 126, G.
A. R. He takes a deep interest in politics and is an active worker in the
Republican ranks. He is now serving as county assessor, to which position
he was elected in 1S96, for a term of four years. He has frequently been a
delegate to the county, district and state conventions, and keeps well
informed on the issues of the day, thus bemg able to give an intelligent sup-
port to the party of his choice. As a citizen he is progressive and public-
spirited, and commands the respect of all by his sterling worth.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 769

GEORGE E. SOUIER, M. D.

A prominent representative of the medical fraternity of Brool^ville is Dr.
George E. Squier, whose large patronage indicates his high standing in the
profession and the ability which he manifests in exercising the healing art.
He displays marked devotion to his profession, doing all in his power to per-
fect himself therein, and thus render more perfect service to those in need of
his ministrations. His skill is supplemented by a broad human sympathy
and a cheery, kindly manner which makes his presence in a sick-room like a
ray of sunshine brightening and strengthening all around.

The Doctor was born in Butler county, Ohio, March 25, 1S46, a son of
Ezekiel and Catherine (Ashton) Squier. The ancestry of the family can be
traced back to Benjamin Squier, one of the pioneers of New Jersey, and for
many years his descendants lived in the Passaic valley. His son, William
Squier, was a native of New Jersey and an early settler of Hamilton, Ohio.
Being a carpenter and builder, he built the first jail there, a log structure,
which was paid for by the subscriptions of the citizens. His son, Abraham
Squier, was the grandfather of our subject, and was the founder of the family
in Ohio. He wedded Mary Ball, a daughter of Ezekiel Ball, who was one
of the first commissioners of Butler county, Ohio. The Ball family is of
Welsh descent, and the ancestry can be traced back to Edward Ball, one of
the original settlers of Newark, New Jersey. He and his two brothers
crossed the Atlantic from Wales to Connecticut, and later he removed to
Newark, while his brothers went to Virginia. He was born about 1642, mar-
ried Abigail Blatchley, of Connecticut, and to them were born six children.
In 1667 he removed with his family to New Jersey, and the last mention of
him in any available record was in 1724, when he was about eighty-one years
of age. He was a prominent man of Newark, and held a number of offices,
including that of sheriff and that of committeeman of boundaries, on settle-
ment with the proprietors, the Indians and others.

Thomas Ball, his sixth child, was born in 1687 or 1688 and died Decem-
ber 18, 1744. He was married about 17 10 to Sarah Davis, who died Feb-
ruary I, 1788, at the age of eighty-eight years. They were the parents of
twelve children. He was a blacksmith by trade and served as constable of
Newark, New Jerse\', in 171 5-16. It was probably in the year 171S that he
removed to a tract of land between Hilton and Jefferson Village, where he
spent his remaining days. David Ball, his fifth child, was born Februar}- 5,
1720, and died April 19, 1786. He was married to Phoebe Brown July 9,
1740, and they had two children. The mother died July 10, 1748, and
David Ball afterward married Joanna Watkins, of Rahway, New Jersey,
November 9, 1748. She died b^'ebruary iS, 1776, and for the third time

770 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

David Ball was married, December 12, 1776, but the name of the wife is
not known. There were six children by the second union.

Ezekiel Ball, the fifth child of David and Joanna Ball, was born in New-
jersey, February 6, 1756, and died January 22, 1826, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Mary Squier. He was married January 26, 1777, to Abigail
Robinson, probably of Westfield, New Jerse}'. She was born January 26,
1756, had four children and died September iS, 1794. On the 5th of June,
17S5, he wedded Mar}- Little, who was born December 29, 1756, and died
February 3, 1823. They had six children. He was married a third time, but
did not live with his wife. He served as justice of the peace and postmaster
at Middletown, Ohio, and was also judge of the Butler county court. His
daughter Mary was born December 30, 1787, and became the wife of Abra-
ham Squier, the grandfather of our subject. They had a family of twelve
children, including Ezekiel Squier, who was born in Middletown, Ohio, in
1806, and came to Indiana in 1S50. He finally located on the north fork of
Wild-cat creek, in Carroll county, and died on that farm September 28, 1896,
when nearly ninety years of age. He was a brick mason by trade, but fol-
low^ed farming during the greater part of his life. In politics he was a
Democrat, and served for a nuinber of years as township trustee, when the
board consisted of three and afterward of five members. In religious faith
he was a strong Universalist. He married Catharine Ashton, and to them
were born five sons and three daughters who grew to maturity.

The Doctor was only four years of age when his parents located in
Carroll county, where he was reared and educated, pursuing his literar}'
course in the district schools of the neighborhood. In 1878 he took up the
study of medicine under the direction of his brother. Dr. E. A. Squier, of
College Corner, Ohio, and later attended the Eclectic Medical Institute of
Cincinnati. He was graduated in that institution in June, 1882, and imme-
diately afterward located in Brookville, where he has since engaged in gen-
eral practice, meeting with general success in his undertakings. Before
preparing for the profession, however, he assisted in the labors of the home
■farm until 1876, and then accepted a position as clerk in a drug store in New
London, Howard county, Indiana, where he remained for three years, his
experience in that connection aiding him materially in his practice. In 1897
■ he performed the first surgical operation in Franklin county in which the
X-ray machine was used to locate a bullet. It was a very difficult operation
and was performed against the advice of a number of prominent physicians,
but was eminently successful. In 1889 the Doctor joined the Indiana State
Medical Association, and he has since been one of its valued representatives.

He also belongs to several fraternal organizations, including Harmony
Lodge, No. II, F. & A. M., and Oshownee Tribe, No. 220, Impro\ed Order

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 77 1

of Red Men. He was instrumental in its organization and was its first past
sachem. He is also the great tnishinewa, Indian Great Council. Improved
Order of Red Men. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and after locating
in Brookville was nominated and elected to the office of county coroner, in
which he served for ten 3'ears. He was also a member of the town council
for one term and was elected secretary of the board of health, which position
he has filled for the past five or six years. He is now secretary of the county
board of health, which office he has filled four years, proving a most efficient
officer and rigidly enforcing the health laws. In the bulletin of the state
board of health appeared the following: "Dr. George E. Squier, of Frank-
lin county, discovered that some butchers in Brookville had slaughtered
some diseased cattle and shipped their carcasses to Indianapolis. He
promptly notified the state board and the officers, and the diseased meat
was returned to Brookville. After vigorous prosecution the men were found
guilty, one being fined two hundred and fifty dollars and imprisoned six
months; another fined fifty dollars, with six months' imprisonment; and the
other fined one hundred dollars, with an imprisonment of three months."
At all times the Doctor has been most prompt and faithful in the discharge
of his duties, and no trust reposed in him, whether of a public or private
nature, has ever been betrayed.

Dr. Squier was united in marriage, in 1869, to Miss Ella Logan, of
Clinton county, Indiana, and to them have been born three children, but
Maude, now fifteen years of age, is the only one now living. She is at
present a student in the high school of Brookville. The Squier family is one
of prominence in the community, the Doctor and his wife occupying a high
position in the social life of Brookville.

STEPHEN S. STRATTAX.

In the early colonial days of this country some English people, members
of the Society of Friends and bearing the name of Strattan, crossed the
Atlantic to found a home in the New World, where they might enjoy the
blessings of religious freedom. They settled not far from Philadelphia, and
some time afterward, when the Quaker settlement was founded in Guilford
county. North Carolina, there were several Strattans among the number. On
the maternal side our subject is a descendant of a man named Baker, of
Scotch-Irish extraction and an earl}' settler in Guilford county.

The parents of S. S. Strattan were Zimri and Elizabeth (Baker) Strat-
tan. The father was born September 12, 1S07, in New Jerse}', and accom-
panied his parents to Springboro, Ohio, when he was a small bo}'. He
learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed during his entire life. He
was an orthodox member of the Friends' society and politically he was a

772 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

zealous Republican. In 1S26 he came to Richmond, where he continued to
dwell until his death, nearly half a centur}- later, Februarj- 11, 1873. He
had two sons, — Daniel Baker and Stephen S. His wife, who was a native
of Guilford county mentioned, departed this life at her home in Richmond,
November 2. 1832, when she was but twenty-four years of age.

Daniel B. Strattan, the only brother of our subject, is about three years
his elder, as he was born August 18, 1828. He learned the blacksmith's
trade when he was very 3'oung, and followed the business on his own account.
He enjoved an extensive trade and worked steadily for half a century lacking
but one month and a day, finally retiring on account of his failing eyes. On
the 30th of May, 1855, he married Rebecca Strattan, who though bearing
the same surname was not nearly related and whose birth-place was in New
Jersey. They became the parents of two children: Ida Le Hentz, who
died when thirteen years of age; and Henry C, likewise deceased.

Stephen S. Strattan was born in Richmond, April 14, 1831, and was
left motherless when he was an infant. He was reared to manhood in this
county and has always made his home here save a few months spent in
Indianapolis and one year in Ohio. From the age of sixteen 3'ears he has
given his attention to the manufacture of carriages. Conscientious and thor-
oughly reliable in his work, he has merited the wide patronage which he has
enjoyed.

In his political standing Mr. Strattan is an uncompromising Republican,
interested in the welfare of the party and active in local affairs. His zeal
and influence as a citizen was manifested when, fifteen years ago, his name
was placed in nomination for the responsible position of treasurer of Wayne
county. In November, 1884, he was elected, and upon the expiration of
his term he was again elected to the office, thus serving altogether for four
years. He was accurate, reliable and painstaking in the discharge of his
duties, winning the approbation of all concerned.

The marriage of Mr. Strattan and Matilda Elderkin, of Richmond, was
solemnized March 5, 1856. They have a son, Stephen S., Jr., and a daugh-
ter, Ida M., both residents of this city.

JOSEPH JOHN MILLS, M. A., LL. D.

One of the fundamental principles of this great government and one of
her surest bulwarks against some of the mighty forces which have overthrown
nations in the past and have threatened our own fair land, is the education
of her sons and daughters. To trace the history of a man who stands pre-
eminent in the educational circles of America; to follow him in his earnest
endeavors to obtain knowledge and collegiate training, observing his deter-
mination and commendable fortitude and perseverance in the pathway which

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 773

he had marked out for himself, is a task that is not onl\' interesting^ but in-
spiring.

Dr. Joseph John Mills, who for fifteen years has stood at the head of
Earlham College, Richmond, one of the leading educational institutions of
the northern central states, is of English descent. His paternal ancestors
located in Pennsylvania, upon their arrival in the United States, and thence
some of the family went to the south, finally coming to Indiana. The
great grandfather of the Doctor resided in North and South Carolina, and
latter in Georgia; while the grandfather, Enoch Mills, a native of North
Carolina, settled in Clinton county, Ohio, where he led a quiet, pastoral life.
The Doctor's father, Abner Mills, was a farmer of Marion county, Indiana,
his death taking place on his old homestead, near the state capital. His wife
was Hannah, a daughter of Robert Furnas, who, coming from South Caro-
lina, became one of the pioneers of Warren county, Ohio. To the marriage
of Abner and Hannah Mills four sons and one daughter were born. One
son, Isaac Furnas Mills, a prominent teacher, died in early manhood. Dr.
Seth Mills is a retired physician of Valley Mills, Marion county, and Thorn-
ton A. is a merchant and township trustee in the same place. Their
sister, Linda M. Newsom, resides near Columbus, in Bartholomew county,
Indiana.

The birth of Dr. Joseph J. Mills occurred in the vicinity of Indianapolis,
in Marion county, July 21, 1847. He was reared on the old homestead and
received his elementary education in the schools of Valley Mills. Being of a
very studious disposition, he made rapid progress, and at eighteen passed a
satisfactory examination for admission to the sophomore class of the Univer-
sity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. At the end of one year's work in that
institution of learning the 3'oung man was obliged to leave college, as he had
not the means to meet his further expenses. He had already eked out his
living at Ann Arbor by serving as steward to a boarding club of fourteen of
his fellow students, and had taught one term at a district school prior to his
entrance into the college. When he was twentj'-one years old it was his
privilege to pass one j'ear as a student in Earlham College, but again the
exigencies of his position debarred him from further systematic mental train-
ing such as he desired, and, instead, he accepted the principalship of Sand
Creek Seminary, a private school in Bartholomew county, Indiana. After
passing one year in that position he became the principal of the Wabash
(Indiana) high school, and two years later was promoted to the superin-
tendency of the city schools of that place, in which capacity he acted two
years. Elected to the responsible position of assistant superintendent of the
public schools of Indianapolis, he gained a favorable reputation as an
educator, possessing sound, practical ideas, and was retained in the office

774 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

eleven j-ears, during which time the schools of that city made rapid strides
toward perfection.

Since 1SS4 Dr. Joseph J. Afills has been the revered president of Earl-
ham College, which institution bestowed upon him the degree of Master of
Arts, while his degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Haver-
tord College, located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the finest and
oldest colleges in this countrj^ as it has passed the century mark in its his-
tory. Earlham College is a well equipped institution, situated in the midst
of extensive, beautifully kept grounds. Earlham Hall, Parry I-Iall, Lindley
Hall and the gymnasium are among the modern, attractive buildings in which
the students spend their days. Numerous valuable and substantial improve-
ments have been made during the presidency of Dr. Mills, who has spared no
effort in bringing the institution into the front ranks. The endowment of the
college has been trebled within a few years past, and everything promises
well for its future. The enrollment in the college classes was but eighty-
nine when the Doctor assumed the management, whereas it is now two hun-
dred and seven, exclusive of preparatory, theological and music students,
and is advancing year by year. In 1891 he was president of the department
of higher education in the International Educational Association, which met
in convention in Toronto, Canada. During the greater part of 1889 he trav-
eled abroad, visiting Great Britain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and other coun-
tries on the continent, and thence proceeded to Egypt, Syria and lands of
the Orient. In 1876 he was ordained to the ministry in the Society of
Friends, and has preached with more or less frequency since. x\t one time
he was tendered the pastorate of the Friends' church at Indianapolis, but he
saw fit to decline the honor. Loyal and very prominent in the society, he
was chosen to be the president of the general conference of the Friends
throughout America, which assembled at Indianapolis in 1893. In his polit-
ical preference he is a Republican, and, being a strong temperance man,
would ally himself with the Prohibition party, if he did not feel that that
organization is in a hopeless minority. A broad-minded philosopher, he
takes a hopeful, optimistic view of life, individually and as regards the nation,
believing that time and the education of the masses will solve all the prob-
lems which confront us as a people.

In August, 1877, Dr. Mills married Miss Emily Wanzer, who is a native
of Dutchess county, New York, and whose early life was spent there. She
received an excellent education, at the Friends' School, Providence, Rhode
Island, and for several years she was engaged in teaching, at the time of her
marriage being principal of the thirteenth district school of Indianapolis.
The only child of Doctor and Mrs. Mills is Miss Gertrude C. , who was grad-
uated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, in the class. of 1897, in

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 775

Earlham College. She is an accomplished, popular and attractive j'oung lady,
and shares the good' will and genuine appreciation so freely bestowed upon
her esteemed parents b}' all connected with the college, and by the citizens
of Richmond in general.

HENRY H. SEAL.

It is with pleasure that we give a short histor}' of one whose venerable
locks have whitened in Franklin county, and who has seen the country trans-
formed from a wild and dreary waste, inhabited principally b}' wild beasts
and the still more savage red men, to a fertile and highly cultivated region;
one whose life has been filled with incidents of the most unusual nature, as
he passed from childhood to youth, and up to these the sunset years of a noble
life. Such a man is he whose name heads this biography.

Henry Harrison Seal is a respected and esteemed resident of Whitcomb,
Franklin county, Indiana, and is in his eighty-sixth year, having been born
in Miami, Ohio, February i6, 1813. He is a son of William and Eliza
(Owens) Seal and a grandson of Joseph Seal, who came from Pennsylvania
and located in Ohio in i8or. Seven years later he moved to Cincinnati, and
afterward to Miami. While a soldier in the war of the Revolution he received
two severe wounds, one in the face and another in the hip, which occasioned
him much trouble. He settled finally on Big Cedar creek, near Mount
Carmel, in Springfield township, Franklin county, Indiana, where his death
occurred at the extreme old age of ninety-six years.

William Seal was born in 1742, and, like his father, reached almost his
century of life, dying, in 1S37, at the age of ninety- five years. He married
Elizabeth Owens, by whom he had six children, — Hannah, Harriet, Eliza,
Henry Harrison, John and \Villiam. He owned and operated a distillery,
on the banks of the Big Cedar Creek, for many years, and accumulated a
good property. The family were of Quaker origin.

Henry Harrison Seal spent his youth among the wild surroundings of
those pioneer days, and one incident of his early life is especially worthy of
mention, as showing the conditions of that time. When he was a child of
eighteen months a band of Indians visited his father's cabin on the Big Cedar,
as was common in those days, and asked for whisky. Their request was
denied, which greatly angered them, and in a spirit of revenge they seized
the young child, our subject, and carried him off with them. Knowing the
treacherous and savage disposition of the kidnappers, great anxiety was felt
for the safety of the little one, and a searching party was at once put on the
trail, but not until the second day was a trace of the little one discovered,
when the band of Indians were overtaken at a point near Indianapolis. The
stolen child was on the back of the squaw, and its captors were not inclined

776 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

to give it up, and were only persuaded to do so by the presentation of trink-
ets. When the subject of this romantic incident reached the age of nineteen
years he conducted a distillery, having previousl}' become acquainted with
the business, and continued in it until his marriage.

April 15, 1837, he was married to Miss Lydia Myers, daughter of John and
Harriet Myers, the former of whom died in 1840, and the latter in 1874.
She was born in 18 19, and was a woman of lovable disposition. Their mar-
riage relations were of the happiest, and extended over a period of more than
sixt\'-one years, when they were dissolved by her death, on May 27, 1896.
Twelve children were born to them, eight of whom are living. The record
of the children is as follows: Harriet, wife of Joseph Shafer; Mrs. Eliza
Murphy; Ira, who married Mary Davis; Sylvester, who married Viola Mills-
paugh; Martha Eldora, wife of Willis Stout; Jane, wife of Wesley Holden;
Frank E. , a physician of Mount Carmel, who married Dora Quick; James,
who married Flora Schultz; and William, John, George and an infant son
are all deceased. John was sheriff of this county from 1862 until 1866, and
his death occurred in July, 1896. When our subject brought his bride to his
new farm, in 1837, but ten acres of the land was cleared, and their home was
a rude log cabin. For many years the only market for his crops was in Cin-
cinnati, whither he took his produce each week, the journey being made by
wagon. After living there two years be erected a barn suitable for his needs,
and when he was more prosperous replaced the old log house with a brick
structure, at once comfortable and tasteful. He has added to his original farm
from time to time, as he was able, until he now has three hundred acres.
His first vote was cast for General Jackson and he has voted the Democratic
ticket ever since. He has always been prominent in the county, and from
1862 he was justice of the peace for eight years, an office in which he
endeavored to temper justice with mercy, to the betterment of many a youth-
ful offender. Mr. Seal is a remarkably well preserved gentleman, and his
appearance belies his age.

HORATIO N. LAND.

In the great competitive struggle of life, when each must enter the field
and fight his way to the front, or else be overtaken by disaster of circumstance
or place, there is ever particular interest attaching to the life of one who has
turned the tide of success, has surmounted obstacles and has shown his abil-
ity to cope with others in their rush for the coveted goal. Horatio Nelson
Land was recognized as one of the most able business men of Richmond.
His diligence, indomitable energy and undaunted perseverance won him
prosperity which numbered him among the substantial citizens of the county,
and he not only advanced his individual interests but did much toward pro-

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moting the general welfare by encouraging trade and commerce. His career,
both public and private, was marked by the strictest integrity and faithfulness
to every trust resposed in him, and his name is deeply engraven on the pages
of Richmond's history.

Mr. Land was born near Cooperstown, Otsego county, New York, on the'
14th of June, 1832, and was a son of John and Ann (Goodspeed) Land. The
father was a native of England, born May 10, 1805, and in early life he
crossed the Atlantic to America, taking up his residence in Otsego county.
Subsequently he removed to Ohio, making his home near Toledo, but his
last days were spent near Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where his death
occurred December i, 1870. He was a machinist by trade, and after com-
ing to this country operated a cotton mill in Herkimer county, New York.
At the time of his death he was devoting his energies to agricultural pursuits.
His family numbered eight children, five sons and three daughters, of whom
Leroy, a machinist, is now living in Richmond.

Horatio N. Land spent the first twenty years of his life in the Empire
state, where he acquired his education in the public schools and learned the
machinist's trade. In 1852 he came to Richmond, Indiana, and was closely
identified with its business interests up to the time of his death. He first
entered the employ of William Sine.x, a plow manufacturer, with whom he
remained for a short time, and then secured a position in the extensive con-
cern of Gaar, Scott & Company. He did the fine brass work, and was an
expert in that line. His efficiency, promptness and reliability won him favor
with his employers, and he was advanced from time to time. On the
reorganization of the company, in 1870, he became one of the stock-
holders, and was made a director and general superintendent, in which
-capacities he served most acceptably until his death, which occurred on the
1st of February, 1893. His thorough understanding of mechanical work,
both in principle and detail, fitted him most admirably for the responsible
duties of general superintendent, and the success of the industry was due in
no small measure to his capable management and his wise direction of the
operatives in the foundry. He was always considerate to his employes, just
in his treatment of them, and ready to accord recognition of faithful and
skillful service. He extended the field of his own labors to other lines, and
at the time of his death was president of the Wayne Works, and was also
president of the Masonic Building Association. He carried forward to suc-
cessful completion whatever he undertook, and his resolution and perseverance
were salient points in his prosperity.

On the 13th of June, 1854, Mr. Land was united in marriage to Miss
Emeline Gaar, daughter of Jonas Gaar, of Richmond. They have five children :
Alma is the wife of Charles P. Holton, who is connected with Gaar, Scott &

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Company's works; Samuel W. died in infanc}-; Frank B., who married Nellie
Walker, is -superintendent of the iron department in the foundry of Gaar,
Scott & Company; Harry, who married Almira ^^'heelen, is assistaht superin-
tendent of the Wayne Works; and Charles H., who married Fannie Harris,
is in the office of Gaar, Scott & Company.

In his political views Mr. Land was a Republican in early life, and cast
hi? first presidential vote for John C. Fremont, but afterward affiliated with
the Democratic party. He was a member of Webb Lodge, F. & A. M., also
belonged to the chapter and commander}', and attained the thirty-second
degree of the Scottish Rite, in Indiana Consistorv. He was an exemplary
Mason, and in his life showed forth the benevolent and fraternal features of
the order. His prominence in industrial circles resulted from his own well
directed efforts, and was a fitting tribute to the worth of an honest, enterpris-
ing and progressive man.

DAVID L. MORGAN.

David L. Morgan, of Fugit township, Decatur county, is a representa-
tive of one of the early and well known families of this part of Indiana. His
father, John Morgan, was born near Penn Yan, Yates county. New York, April
26, 1 80 1, and was a son of Thomas Morgan, a native of county Down, Ire-
land, who came to America when a young man. His brother, Torrence Mor-
gan, started about the same time as passenger on another vessel, but was
never heard from afterward and his fate remained unknown. Thomas Mor-
gan became a resident of Yates county. New York, and when his son John
was about sixteen years of age removed with his family to Indiana. This
was soon after the close of the second war with England and but a short time
after Indiana was admitted into the Union. The present generation have but
little conception of the slow, and what would now seem tedious, methods of
travel eighty or eighty-five years ago. Overland by wagon, often through a
pathless forest or following a simple Indian trail or taking advantage of the
current of some stream down which they would float on a flat-boat, — these
were the means by which the emigrants of long ago reached their destinations
in the wilds of Indiana.

The family of Thomas Morgan came from their home in the Empire
state by way of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and thence on a flat-boat down the
Ohio river to North Bend, Indiana, which was then the home of General
William Henry Harrison. They resided on the Harrison place for a short
time, but soon removed to Dearborn county. This was in the year 1817.
The family consisted of Thomas Morgan, his wife and thdr children, namel)':
John, Mrs. Mary Gifford, Griswold, Mrs. Ruth Alden, Mrs. Baldredge and
Hannah. All of that generation have now passed away. Thomas Morgan

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did not long survive his arrival in this state, being accidentally drowned in
Tanner's creek at the age of fifty years.

John Morgan, the father of our subject, attained his majority in Indi-
ana, and was married, in Dearborn county, this state, when about twenty-
one years of age, to Miss Clarissa Stewart, and they had six children, namely:
Torrence G., Daniel, John H. and Ruth A., all deceased, and Benjamin F.
and Sarah, still living. Torrence G. at his death left a son, Atwell Morgan,
who is now living in Andersonville, Indiana, where he is a successful and
highly respected merchant. Ruth A. married Jesse Lavvson, a prosperous
farmer and stock-dealer, and she died December 28, 1S73. For his second
wife Mr. ]\Iorgan married Hulda (Lewis) Wilson, then a widow. She was a
daughter of John Lewis, who was born in Sullivan county, Tennessee, Octo-
ber 17, 1793, and came to this state when a boy with his father about the
time of or before the war of 18 12. He took part in the Indian wars of that
period and took a prominent part also in the events which form the earl_v
history of the state. The family settled on Salt creek, in Franklin county,
and later John Lewis removed to Rush county, but subsequently returned to
Franklin county, making his home at Andersonville until his death, which
occurred April 7, 1861. He became quite noted for his successful treatment
of diseases by mesmeric or magnetic influence, and possessed a good general
knowledge of medicine. He was one of the noted men of his day, his house
was celebrated for its hospitality and he was both widely known and highly
respected. Hi's wife, who bore the maiden name of Susannah Barber, was
also a native of Tennessee. They became the parents of nine children,
seven of whom were sons. Several of them are still living and are prominent
citizens of the various communities in which they reside.

By his second marriage, John Morgan had four children, — Thomas G.,
George W., Mary Angeline and David L. ; but the last named is the only
one now living. The father removed from Dearborn county to Anderson-
ville, Franklin county, becoming one of the pioneers of the latter place. He
was also one of the early merchants there and was long a prominent citizen
of that county. In 1849 he removed to the farm in Fugit township which
his son David now owns, and there resided until 1874, when he returned to
Andersonville, where his death occurred August i, 1888. His wife died
March 5, 1899, at the age of eighty-one years, her birth having occurred
January 16, 1818.

During his active business career John Morgan was one of the best
known citizens of his section of Indiana. His greatest acquaintance prob-
ably came through his work as a local preacher of the United Brethren
church, in which capacity he served for sixty years. It has been said of him
that he preached more funeral sermons and united more couples in marriage

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during his long career as a minister than any other preacher of his time in
Indiana. He was ever active in promoting the moral and religious growth
of the conimunit}' in which he lived and his influence was widely felt on the
side of right. He was a strong advocate of temperance and organized a
Washington society at Andersonville in the early days of that order. He
also organized the United Brethren church at Andersonville and likewise
formed a class at his home in Fugit township. He was a remarkably useful
man in the community in various ways, was actively connected with civil
affairs, was justice of the peace for many years and did a great amount of
writing in the way of making deeds and drawing up other legal documents.
He was an honorable and esteemed citizen, and his long life was rich in
service to his God and to his fellow men. His surviving children in 1899
are Rev. Benjamin Morgan, of Ben Davis, Marion county, Indiana, a retired
Methodist minister; Mrs. Sarah Smith, who is also living at that place; and
David L.

The last named was born at Andersonville, Franklin county, Indiana,
June 24, 1848, and was but little more than a year old when the family
removed to the place where he now resides. Here he has made his home
through the long period of fifty years, and the place is endeared to him
through the associations of his boyhood as well as those of mature years.
Mr. Morgan has been twice married. His first wife bore the maiden name
of Nancy A. Evans and was born in Franklin county, as were her parents.
Her grandparents, however, were natives of Virginia and became pioneer set-
tlers of Franklin county. Mrs. Morgan died October 16, 1887, and Mr.
Morgan has since wedded Minerva L. Mullin, a daughter of Daniel
Mullin. She was a native of Marion county, Indiana, while her father was
born in Ohio, and her mother, who bore the maiden name of Lydia Crone,
was born in Virginia. By his first marriage Mr. Morgan has three sons:
John A., David and Cassius. A daughter, Ada, died September 27, 1893, at
the age of nineteen years, and another daughter, Grace, passed away June
22, 1889, at the age of thirteen years. Three children have been born of
the second marriage: Frank L., born April 23, 1890; Belva May, born June
25, 1 891; and Cora Myrtle, born October i, 1895.

Mr. Morgan is both widely and favorably known in the community in
which he has so long made his home, and is accounted a valued citizen. He
owns and occupies the old homestead and the neat and thrifty appearance of
the place well indicates his careful supervision. Diligence and determina-
tion are among his most marked characteristics and have contributed in a
large degree to his success. Since 1886 he has devoted much time and
attention to the prosecution of pension claims, and has been remarkably suc-
cessful in that line of work. In his political affiliations he is a Republican,

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but has never been an aspirant for public office, preferrinj^' to devote his
energies to his business interests, in which he has met with creditable
success.

GEORGE B. BUCKINGHAM, M. D.

One of the successful physicians and a prominent resident of Brookville,
Indiana, is Dr. George B. Buckingham. He has much natural ability, but
is, withal, a close student, and believes thoroughly in the maxim that " there
is no e.xcellence without labor." His devotion to the duties of his profession,
therefore, combined with a comprehensive understanding of th,e principles of
the science of medicine and surgery, has made him a most successful and
able practitioner, whose prominence is well deserved.

The Doctor is a native of Franklin county, born five miles east of
Brookville, October i8, 1S52, and is a son of Levi W. and Margaret J.
(Black) Buckingham. The father was born in Washington county, Penn-
sylvania, and in Uniontown, that state, he learned the wheelwright's trade.
Coming west to Indiana at the age of twenty years, he first settled on the
Little Miami, near Camp Dennison, but in 1849 took up his residence upon
a farm five miles east of Brookville, which at that time was onlj' partially
improved, two acres having been cleared, but no buildings erected thereon.
He died in 1894, at the age of si.xty-eight years. During the civil war he
enlisted in Company H, Sixty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was
made second lieutenant upon the organization of the company. He was one
of the prominent and influential men of his community and was highly
respected by all who knew him.

Dr. Buckingham acquired his literary education in the common schools,
spent his boyhood and youth upon the home farm,' and at the age of seven-
teen commenced teaching school, following that profession for five years in
Franklin county. He then entered the Ohio Medical College, where he took
a course of lectures during the winter of 1876-7, and the following spring"
attended the Kentucky School of Medicine for one term. After being
engaged in practice with Dr. Wallace, at Springfield, Franklin county, for two
years, he again entered the latter institution, from which he was graduated
in 1879. He continued at Springfield for two years longer and then came to
Brookville, in 1882, where his skill and ability soon won for him the liberal
patronage he now enjoys. He is engaged in general practice, but makes a
specialty of the diseases peculiar to women. He is a member of the State
Medical Society and was also an active member of the Count}' Medical
Association as long as it existed. For two terms he served as count}' cor-
oner and was appointed United States pension examiner, under Cleveland's
administration, but resigned the position. Socially he is a prominent mem-

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ber of the Masonic lodge, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the
Knights of Pythias, all of Brookville, and is past chancellor of the last
named.

HENRY CLAY MEREDITH.

In the death of Henry Clay Meredith not only Wayne count)', but also
Indiana, lost one of its most valued citizens. Few men of his age have
-done more for the advancement of the agricultural interests of the state than
he. The prairie states of the Mississippi valley owe their prosperity in a
very large measure to the development of their rich lands, and one who has
promoted the farming interests has therefore benefited his fellow men.
Throughout his business career Mr. Meredith studied agricultural questions
from all standpoints, and his practical conclusions were given to the world
in many valuable contributions to the press. He was the proprietor of Oak-
land Farm, one of the finest country seats in Wayne county, and in its man-
agement displayed marked business ability and executive force. Born in
Cambridge City, July 17, 1844, almost his entire life was here passed. His
father was General Solomon Meredith, a native of North Carolina, who
rendered to his country distinguished service during and after the civil war.

Henry C. Meredith spent his youth on his father's farm and thus gained
a practical knowledge of the business pursuits which were afterward to claim
his attention. He was a student in the State University when the south was
attempting to overthrow the Union, but during the months of vacation he
served as a member of his father's staff. He also rendered valued service
when General Morgan brought his rebel forces into Indiana in 1864. He
was graduated in the university in the class of 1866, and then went to
Helena, Montana, where his father was on duty as surveyor general. He
served as his deputy and was frequently in service with different field
parties. In 1867 Mr. Meredith returned to his native town and purchased
the Cambridge City Tribune, devoting his energies to journalistic work until
1S73, when he sold the paper and joined General Meredith in the business of
breeding registered stock. They were very successful in this enterprise, and
in it our subject continued until his life's labors were ended. With the
exception of the intervals mentioned his entire life was spent on Oakland
Farm. The many sales of registered short-horn cattle which he held
attracted people from various sections of the United States and he became
widely known as a stockman, building up a large and profitable business,
which is still carried on by his widow. He gave a hearty support to every
movement tending to advance the agricultural interests of the state and was
renowned throughout the west as a writer for the agricultural press. His
opinions were received as authority on nearly all matters connected with
farming and stock-raising, and at the time of his death he was serving as

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 783

president of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, havin.i,' been elected a
member for the third time in January, 1882.

On the 28th of April. 1S70, Mr. Meredith was united in marriage to
Miss \'irginia, daughter of Austin B. and Hannah TPetty) Claypool, of Con-
nersville, Fayette county, Indiana. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Meredith
was ever noted for its hospitality, and around Oakland Farm still cluster
pleasant memories of delightful hours, which their friends spent in the pres-
ence of their cordial host. Mr. Meredith died July 5, 1882, in his thirt}'-
eighth year, — scarcely in his prime and with the plans and ambitions of his
life unrealized. He was a man of friendly and cordial disposition and his
advice and counsel were often sought and freely given, for his judgment was
known to be reliable. As a citizen he was progressive and lova! to all
measures which he believed would prove of public benefit. In politics he
was a stanch Republican and at the time of his death was serving as a mem-
ber of the state legislature, having run far ahead of his ticket at the election
■which gave him a seat in that body.

Mr. Meredith's moral convictions were strong and deep, his untiring
energy and his sense of honor in even the most difficult experiences won for
him the respect and confidence of all with whom he was associated in busi-
ness or socially. His power of making and retaining friends forcefully illus-
trates the sincerit}- of his character and the loyalt}' of his nature.

FRAN'CIS M. ROOTS.

No compendium such as the province of this work defines in its essential
■limitations can serve to offer tic memorial to the life and labors of Francis
Marion Roots, who through almost forty years was closely associated with
■the upbuilding and development of Connersville. His business enterprises
were the most potent factor in the growth and prosperity of the town through
:that period.

Francis M. Roots was born in Oxford, Ohio, on the 2Sth of October,
1824, a son of Alanson and Sylvia (Yale) Roots, and a representative of one
■of the early families of New England. The probability is that the Roots at
one time belonged to the French Hugenots, who, forced to flee from their own
country to escape religious persecution, sought refuge in England, whence
their descendants crossed the Atlantic to America. Josiah Rootes, as the
name was then spelled, was the first of that name to brave the dangers of an
ocean voyage, in the early part of the seventeenth centur}', in order to estab-
lish a home in the New World. He sailed on the Hercules and arrived on
the rugged shores of New England in 1634. Lands were granted him at
Salem and he was one of the founders of the church at Beverly, Massachu-

784 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

setts. He had three brothers who arrived in America about the same time
and settled in the same part of New England. His wife Susanna, after his
death in 16S3, suffered from a suspicion of witchcraft, but there is no record
showing how the proceedings ended and she was probably released when the
strange delusion had somewhat abated.

John Rootes, a son of Josiah and one of six children, was born at Bev-
erly in 1646 and removed first to Fairfield, Connecticut, whence he went to
Woodbury, there possessing much valuable property. He died there in 1723.
His son John, the next in the line of direct descent to our subject, was born
at ^^"oodbury, in 1693, and died there in 1757, leaving a son, Benajah Roots,
who was born in 1725. He seems to have been a man of much intellectual
power and became an eminent minister. He united with the Congregational
church, at Woodbury, Connecticut, at the age of fifteen, was graduated at
Princeton College in 1754, and the same 3'ear, having studied theology, was
licensed to preach. Three years later he married Elizabeth, daughter of
Peter Gaunsey or Guernsey, of Litchfield South Farms. In 1756 he became
pastor of the First Congregational society, in Simsbury, Connecticut, and in
1774 accepted the pastorate of the newly organized church of his denomina-
tion in Rutland Center, Vermont. It is probable that during the last years
of his life he occupied no pulpit regularly, but often supplied the place of an
absent pastor. Princeton, Yale and Dartmouth Colleges each conferred upon
him the degree of Master of Arts, and he passed away on the 15th of March,
17S7, at the age of sixty-one years, leaving a widow and six children.

The eldest, Benajah Guernsey Roots, was born amid the rugged hills of
New England and at the time of his father's death was already laying the
foundations of an excellent temporal prosperity. He became the owner of
an extensive sheep farm near Charlotte, Vermont, and raised certain fine
breeds of sheep usually not then found on this side of the Atlantic. He found
that a profitable venture. About the time of his father's death he married
Louisa Higley, of Castleton, Vermont, and their homestead in the Green
Mountain state was honored with seven children, the eldest of whom was
Alanson, the father of Francis M. Roots. Alanson Roots was the first to
advance the plan of seeking a home in the then sparsely settled region of
Ohio, where pasturage was cheap and manufacturers scarce. In 1808 he
married Sylvia Hale, and in 1824 emigrated to the Buckeye state, accom-
panied by his wife and four sons, Guernsey Yale, Franklin Wright, Philander
Higley and Alanson Kirby. They settled at Oxford, Ohio, and there, in
October, another son was added to the family, to whom was given the name
of Francis Marion. The father established a woolen-goods manufactory
there and in its operation was assisted by his three older sons; and as the

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. TSo

years passed our subject also became familiar with the business, working in
the factory through the summer months, while in the winter season he pur-
sued his studies in the common schools.

Such in brief is the history of the American ancestry of Francis M.
Roots. Different biographers have mentioned the leading characteristics of
those who have worn the name, these including active connection with the
social, political and moral welfare of the communities with which they have
been identified. Said one: " The\' were proverbial for honesty, and dis-
tinguished for a grave, dignified, reserved, yet courteous demeanor; they were
ever ready to respond to any demand for their services to protect the injured
or relieve the distressed; they have always been characterized by a great
amount of energy and perseverance, and great mechanical power; they were
naturally ambitious and self-reliant; they have always despised parsimony
and made a generous and hospitable use of their means; and have not been
less distinguished as lovers of home and social joys, pre-eminently fond of
domestic scenes, and partial to those pleasures which are most permanent
and elevating." These strong family traits were all manifest in Francis M.
Roots, and their development through exercise led to a noble manhood. He
spent his youth with his parents; and his mother and sister Mary, four years
his junior, were always the object of his tenderest solicitude. He always
gladly acknowledges his indebtedness to his mother for her kindly teachings
and for her ennobling influence. He spent much time in reading, and also
mastered the business in which his father and brother were engaged. At the
age of sixteen he entered the Miami Universit}', at Oxford, Ohio, and there
pursued a special scientific course, being unable, by the press of his duties at
the factory, to take the regular course. He applied himself diligently, how-
ever, and accomplished as much in the time of his attendance as most
students did in the period of a regular course.

The woolen mill at Oxford was an extensive industry for that time, and
did a large business in the manufacture of cassimeres, flannels and blankets.
About 1845 it was deemed necessary to send some one out upon the road in
order to sell the goods in the sparsely settled districts of Iowa, Illinois and
Indiana, and Francis M. Roots, then twenty-one years of age, was chosen
for this responsible task, his duties not only including the sale of the manu-
factures but also the work of collecting from widely separated debtors of the
house. The following year a new project was undertaken by the father and
two brothers. Philander and Francis, who were then the only ones engaged
in the manufacture of woolen goods, Guernsey having removed to Cincinnati,
where he was engaged in the commission business, while Alanson was practic-
ing medicine in Fletcher, Ohio, and Franklin had died several years before.
It was found that very excellent water power could be economically secured

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786 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

at Connersville, Indiana, and that the surrounding country was admirably
adapted for sheep-raising-. A piece of ground was accordingly secured on the
west side of \\'hitewater canal at the corner of what is now Sixth street, and
a large four-story frame factory was erected and equipped with the best
machinery procurable. The factory at Oxford was not given up for
some time afterward, but nearly all the work was done at the new factory.
Mr. Roots' earliest efforts at mechanical invention were exhibited in the
machinery of the woolen mill and the improvements of it from time to time,
a great many of which were the fruit of his own thought. His father and his
brother made frequent trips between Connersville and Oxford, but he did
not go to the new factory for some time. The breaking of the old home
times at Oxford and the extension of the business at Connersville marked a
new epoch in his life, for about that same time his mother died, causing a
sorrow which time never effaced; and he also met, at that period of his life,
the lady who was to be to him a loved and faithful companion on the remain-
ing distance of the journey to the better land. This was Miss Esther E.
Pum.phrey, at whose home his father and brother boarded before the per-
manent location of the family was made at Connersville.

Mr. Roots continued in active connection with the factory in this city
until the early winter of 1848-9, when news was received of the gold dis-
coveries in California. Business at that time was progressing steadily, but
slowly, and it was likely that many years must elapse before his financial
condition would enable him to win the lady to whom in the meantime he had
become betrothed. This led him to desire to seek his fortune on the Pacific
coast, and after much earnest consideration of the subject he started on the
long and perilous journey across the plains. It was with the greatest sadness
that he bade adieu to his father, now well advanced in years, his family and
his promised bride, and in a letter written from Cincinnati, where he was
making his final preparations, he said: " I have left the home of my youth
— perhaps forever. Had I known all before, I do not believe I could have
resolved to try so severely those strong affections and ties that lay slumber-
ing almost unconsciously in my bosom. I felt before that a year or so was
but a short time, and would soon pass. "•■ •■ '■ But, oh ! I knew not the
partings; I had not thought of that sad morning when I was to bid a long
farewell."

On the loth of April, 1849, he left Cincinnati, and on the 14th of August,
1S49, reached the gold diggings. After a time he made his way to Sacra-
mento, mined near there through the season and then spent the winter in
San Francisco. In the early spring of 1850, in company with a few ener-
getic companions, he found and began working what proved to be a most
remunerative claim at a place called Scorpion Gulch, and so successful was

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. "sT

he that in May of the same year he started home with a considerable quantity
of the precious metal. After an absence of fifteen months he arrived in
Oxford, Ohio, where he was welcomed by his venerable father, who shortly
afterward was called to the home beyond this life.

On the 8th of October, 1850, was celebrated his marriage to Miss Esther
E. Pumphrey, who had but recently completed her education in Dayton,
Ohio, and after a wedding journey to the Mammoth cave, in Kentucky, they
began their domestic life in the old family homestead at Oxford, where their
first child was born. Not long afterward they removed to Connersville, for
the business there had grown to such proportions as to demand the attention
of both brothers. For a year they lived with Philander Roots, who had mar-
ried and settled in Connersville a few years previously, and then for the first
time began housekeeping alone on Eastern avenue. In 1856 they removed
to " Rose Cottage "on Eighth street, where they continued to reside for twen-
ty-four years, while their children grew up around them in this lovely home.
Until the death of Philander Roots the brothers continued together in busi-
ness and their relations were of the most intimate and pleasant character.
Seldom does one see two persons work together in such perfect harmony.
The mill was operated very successfully and good financial returns -were
received. Francis Roots was always of a mechanical turn of mind and his
improvements of the looms and other machinery of the mill from time to time
had been productive of the most excellent results, both in producing better
grades of goods and in the lightening of the labor necessary to produce them.
It was about i860 that the attention of the two brothers became engaged in
devising an improved form of water-wheel to take the place of the old one
with which their Connersville mill was operated. They worked at it for a
long while, and finally experimented with it at an old mill near the town.
The wheel was not a success, however, and its failure turned their thoughts
into a new channel, suggested in part by the mechanical principles involved
in their wheel. The result was an invention which has made their names
known through the mechanical world.

As the_ water-wheel did not work, the brothers decided to try it as a
blast-blower for the cupola of the foundry, and here it was so successful that
they resolved to turn their invention into a blast-blower, the result being the
Roots' rotary blower, which is now in use throughout the civilized world.
The first patent covering any part of the blower was granted September 25,
i860, and was for an improved form of piston. Another was taken out in
November, 1864, for an improvement in the shape of the case, and from the
latter date until 1886 fifteen other patents were taken out, the most impor-
tant probably being the rotary pump, operating on the same principle as the
blower. It was patented in 1865 and was afterward adopted by the munic-

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ipality of Connersville for their water-works. About 1864 they purchased
the old foundry at which the first experiment had been tried, and .imme-
diatelv entered upon a career of activity and prosperity. During Philander's
life-time the patents were all taken out either in his name or that of the
firm; after his death, in 1879, all patents were taken out in the name of
F. M. Roots. It was the testimony of the latter that the original blower ,
was the joint invention of himself and his brother, and that it was impossible
for him to designate specifically just what part embodied his invention aind
what part that of Philander. The greatest modifications, however, were
made by Francis, after his brother's death, and the present perfection of the
machine is thus directly due to him. As the years passed the business of
manufacturing the blowers grew in volume and importance until it had
assumed very extensive proportions, being one of the largest industrial con-
cerns in this section of Indiana. A large brick foundry was erected on the
old site at Connersville, equipped with the best improved machinery, and the
output has been sent into every civilized laad on the globe. Of course all
this was a work of time. No invention has ever been put upon the market
but what has been met by opposition; but if it has merit it will eventually
win its way to public favor. The brothers made several European trips to
superintend the introduction of the blower in the old world, going first in
1869, and before their return, in October of that year, they had succeeded
in establishing their invention on a firm footing both in England and on the
continent.

Besides his valuable contributions to the world's mechanical progress,
which include a number of minor inventions, Mr. Roots, whose name heads
this review, was largely interested also in several other enterprises. In the
year 1873, in connection with his brothers Philander and Guernsey and his
friends Charles Mount and William Huston, he bought up the stock of the
First National Bank, of Connersville. Philander Roots served as president
for six years or until his death, when Francis succeeded to the presidency,
holding the office throughout the remainder of his life. During his" adminis-
tration the bank's affairs were uniformly prosperous, and in 1888 the present
handsome bank building, at the corner of Central avenue and Fifth street,
was erected. He was also president for seven years of the Connersville Fur-
niture Company, which was organized in March, 1882, for the manufacture
of bed-room furniture, and is to-day one of the largest manufacturing con-
cerns of the kind. Besides these enterprises he was half owner of the stock
of the Connersville Hydraulic Company, and for several years served as its
president. He possesses superior business qualilications, mechanical as well
as executive ability, keen discrimination and a judgment rarely at fault, and
his indefatigable industry won for him a handsome competence.

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Yet the heavy demands of his business never interfered with his devotion
to his farnil}'. Home was the center of his universe, and his greatest duty
and .greatest pleasure lay in ministering to the happiness and comfort of his
family. No enjoyment was to him complete unless it was shared by his loved
ones. His love of nature was very strong, and while he enjoyed to a high
degree the beauties and wonders which he saw upon his trips abroad and in
this country, not even the fascinations of a different world could keep his
thought away from his family, or prevent a constant recurrence of the expres-
sion, "OhI if my dear ones were onl}' here to enjoy it with me." A great
sorrow fell upon the household in 1852, in the death of their baby boy,
"little Hal," and a few years later a little daughter, Sylvia Yale, was called
away from the sorrowing parents. In the meantime another son, Albert
Judson, was born to them, November 6, 1853, and another, Daniel Tenney,
October 22, 1859, was a welcome visitor to Rose Cottage. Near the close
of the war there arrived another little one, a blue-eyed, fair-haired daughter,
to whom the name of Lewis was given, and on a bleak December day of
1866 there came a little brown-eyed daughter, Essie Mary. Eighteen years
later, on her birthday, he sketched for her that December night, in words of
tenderness and pathos, such expressions as are well worth transcribing among
the choicest gems of his pen:

As I sat down in my chair at my desk [he wrote] I fell into a revery, and in a way
became unconscious of things about me, and in a dream-like way my mind traveled back over
the years past until it was fixed and riveted on a scene that stood out of the surrounding dark-
ness with almost startling vividness and beauty. And this was what I saw: It was a dark and
stormy night just eighteen years ago. It was a low, rambling cottage, situated in a large lot,
almost hidden in embowering trees, and ornamented with shrubberies and flower-beds, as could
be seen by the occasional flashes of lightning. But from the windows of a large lower room a
strong light was shining, and an unwarrantable curiosity made me step up and look in, and
the beautiful scene I saw will never leave my memory while memory continues. There were
one or two women moving about the room, one man with a bald head, but with a benignant
countenance. It was easy to see he was a doctor. Upon a bed lay a rather small woman, her
face a trifle pale; but upon it was, oh, such a happy, joyful, tender look! and though the look
spoke of so much happiness within there was a tear in her eye. And that face has haunted me
ever since; though eighteen years have passed since then, I remember it as well as though it
had only been last night; it was a good face, a true face, a loving face, that would do to tie to and
happy the man to whom she would give the wealth of her true heartl But what is she looking
at so earnestly.' It seems as though her soul was going out in that look. What is it that every
one m that room is looking at so earnestly? It seems to be a common center that fixes every
eye. On a low chair sits a pleasant-faced woman, arid resting in her lap is the object that so
fixes the gaze and attention of every one. It is a dainty little mite of humanity, just dressed in its
little white clothes and dainty rufitles and frills. And then a rather small, stout man with a rather
consequential air and with an assumption of a good deal of authority, said its name should be
Essie Mary. She was a well-spring of joy in every heart. We thought we loved her all we
could then, but as she grew and with each year developed new sweetness, new graces and new
loveliness, first beginning to smile, then to laugh and coo, and then prattle and toddle about,
and then play and romp, and then grew to be a school girl, and then to-day, — shall I say it? — a
young lady, and with each stage showing something new and beautiful, some new and winning

790 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

wavs, some lovelv characteristics, some good and noble principles, till now, on this her birthday,.
we love her a hundred times more than we did eighteen years ago.

In April, 1872, Mr. Roots, accompanied by his wife and several friends,
left Chicago for a pleasure trip to California, the Yosemite and Yellowstone
Park, and while on the trip visited Scorpion Gulch, where twenty-two years
ago he had acquired the capital that enabled him to realize his hopes and
wed the wife who was then by his side. His ever present love for his chil-
dren was shown in words which he wrote on that journey:

"My dear boy, Albert! I have a letter from him to-day, and I was so
glad to get it. Oh, may he grow up a good man, fearing God and fitting
himself to help his father! And if I seem strict with him at times, it is only
because I love him so and want him to be a useful, noble man."

Only a little more than a year elapsed when that young life, just develop-
ing into manhood, was brought to an untimely close. In October of the
following year, 1S74, while abroad on a business trip, he wrote, on Satur-
day: "Oh, if I could only spend Sunday at home with my dear wife and
children and get back here Monday morning again! I do want to see them
so much! My darling wife, I love you so much, and I want to be with you
to-night and talk over so many things. And our dear children, — Dannie,
my only living son; and precious Louie, with her warm heart and open
nature; and darling little Essie, with the deep silent undercurrent of feeling
that can suffer deepest anguish without showing it on the surface."

In the autumn of 1875 Mr. and Mrs. Roots celebrated their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary by making again the trip to the Mammoth cave, this
time, however, being accompanied by their three children. In 18S1 the
parents sailed for Europe, and in the spring of 1884 Mr. Roots found it pos-
sible to realize a hope that he had long cherished, of going abroad with his
family, the daughters, Lewis and Essie, being with the father and mother as
they journeyed through foreign lands. The son Daniel, however, had been
married, in the winter of 1883, to Miss Jessie Foster, of Cincinnati. On the
8th of October, 1885, the Connersville mansion was the scene of wedding
festivities, whan Lewis gave her hand in marriage to Edgar Dvvight Johnston,
a young professor in the Cincinnati College of Music and organist of a church
in Dayton, Ohio, but now president and manager of the P. H. & F. M.
Roots Blower Company, of Connersville. Just sixteen months later the
other daughter became the wife of E. F. Shrively, a leading young attorney
of the Keystone state. Some years before this the family had left Rose
Cottage and taken up their abode in the handsome residence on North Cen-
tral avenue, which Mr. Roots had presented to his wife on one of her quad-
rennial birthdays.

Throughout his life the career of Mr. Roots was permeated by earnest

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Christian principles. When nineteen 3 ears of age he united with the Pres-
b3'terian church, in Oxford, Ohio, and was ever afterward most zealous in his
Christian work. On removing to Connersville he identified himself with the
work there, and in 1856, when the Presbyterian church was erected at the
corner of Seventh street and Central avenue, he contributed most liberally
thereto, and with his own hands worked upon the walls and to finish the
interior. He always held one or more positions of responsibility in the church
which he so dearly loved, and in the early years he organized and conducted
mission Sunday-schools, sometimes in small buildings or houses, sometimes
in the woods, and thus instructed a rather rough lot of half-grown boys.
His religion was apart of his daily life; it permeated his business and colored
all his relations with his fellow men. It was his support through all the
years of activity, and in his last days, when his body was racked with pain,
he felt its sustaining power as never before, and could say with the Psalmist
of old, "Yea, though I walk through the valley and the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort
me." The final summons came October 25, 1889, and he passed peacefully
away to join the loved ones gone before. A noble life work was ended, and
upon his monument might fittingly be inscribed the words of Shakespeare;

" He was a man. Take him for all in all
I shall not look upon his like again." " .

HON. EDMUND B. NEWMAN.

The large proportion of southern people, and the children of ex-slave-
holders, in the population of the southern part of Indiana at the outbreak of
the civil war, led to great bitterness and sectional feeling in this state, and
cool heads and wise minds were required in the direction of affairs. The
part taken by the subject of this review at that stormy period, if there
were no other reason, entitles him to representation in the annals of his
county and state, and we gladly pay this tribute to his sterhng worth and
patriotism.

Himself a southerner by birth, a native of Guilford county. North Caro-
lina, Mr. Newman never wavered in his allegiance to the government, and'
bravely stood by the Union in the time of its peril, as will be seen later on
in this narrative. In tracing his family history, it is found that he is a son of
Jonathan and Eleanor (Dicks) Newman, grandson of John and Rachel New-
man, and great-grandson of John Newman, Sr., who was a native of Ireland
and came to America during colonial days. Being a member of the peaceful
sect of Quakers, he did not take an active part in the war of the Revolution.
He was married in Delaware, and afterward settled in North Carolina, whence
his posterity have emigrated to all sections of this country. His son John

702 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

Newman, jr., lived and died in North Carolina, and the latter's son Jonathan
owned a plantation in that state and followed his trade of wagon-making
there until 1836. He was born December 3, 1794, and adhered to the faith
of his forefathers until his marriage, when, on account of being married out-
side the Society of Friends, they forfeited their membership. He refused
reinstatement, and, later, further transgressed the strict laws of the creed by
joining a militia company, of which he served as captain for thirteen years.
In November, 1S36, he arrived in Milton, Indiana, with a team of horses and
wagon and with some money, which he invested in establishing hmiself in his
accustomed business. He soon rose to a distinctive position among the peo-
ple of this section, and was elected to numerous positions of trust and honor.
He served as justice of the peace, township trustee and school director, and
while acting in the last mentioned capacity the first school-house erected in
\Vashin,^ton township was located at Milton, the funds therefor being raised
bv special tax. This was in 1S46, and now, after many years of active serv-
ice, the time-honored old school building is being used as a station by the
Lake Erie & Western Railroad, it having been donated by the town. Mr.
Newman was summoned to his reward April 4, 1855, and was survived some
years by his wife, whose death took place August 16, 1870, when she was in
her seventy-second year. She was a daughter of William and granddaughter
of James Dicks, prominent Friends and agriculturists of North Carolina, and
of English descent.

All but the youngest of the six children of Jonathan and Eleanor New-
man were born in North Carolina, and the eldest, Edmund B., the subject
of this article, vvas born September i, 1826. Granville S., the second child,
is a farmer; Milo, unmarried, is managing the old homestead; and Henry C,
who was born in this state, has led an active business life and is now retired.
The daughters are Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson and Mrs. Sallie Hussey.

After removing with the family to Milton, Edmund B. Newman con-
tinued his education, and spent about two years at Cambridge City Seminary.
In 1846 he commenced teaching, and had schools in Henry, Wayne and
Fayette counties. Then, turning his attention to the law, he studied when-
ever he had any leisure, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1857, in
Centerville, by the circuit judge, Jehu T. Elliott. Since that time he has
been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, save when occupied
in souie official position requiring his whole attention.

In i860 Mr. Newman was elected to represent Wayne county in the
Indiana legislature, in which honorable body he served on the important
committee on federal relations and upon that on the organization of the
courts. In addition to this he was one of a committee of thirteen members
to whom was referred a number of important resolutions, introduced at the

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 7'J3

beginning of the session, upon the disturbed state of the Union, and he also
served in a special session of the legislature in 1861, called by Governor
Morton subsequently to the firing upon Fort Sumter, for the purpose of mak-
ing preparations in aid of the government and in support of the Union.
Again, in 1862, he was honored with election to the legislative body, and
aided in guiding the ship of state through the troublous and stormy session
of that memorable year. A certain party of politicians introduced a bill
seeking to take the military power out of the hands of Governor Morton and
to place it in the province of a special military board, a large number of
whose members were favoring the policy of discontinuing the war. Loyally
and faithfully did Mr. Newman us5 his influence in the support of the presi-
dent and governor, and all credit is due him for the wise and ripe judgment
which he displayed. After the cessation of hostilities he received an appoint-
ment as assistant assessor of internal revenue for the counties of Henry,
Wa\'ne, Fayette and Union, and centinued to serve in this position for some
six years. Elected to the office of township assessor of Washington town-
ship, he faithfully performed the duties pertaining thereto and continued to
hold this position for eighteen years.

The destinies of Edmund B. Newman and Miss Mary A. Harden were
united b}' a marriage ceremony which took place September i, 1847. She
was born March 30, 1824, and is the only daughter of William D. and Esther
(Leonard) Harden. Her eldest brother, Nehemiah, died at the age of eighteen
years and the youngest, Lewis, who was a merchant in Louisville, Kentucky,
died in 1892. John is engaged in farming near Wabash, Indiana, and
A\'illiam E. resides in Attica, this state. William D. Harden, the father,
was born in Ireland, his parents being William and Ann (Dodge) Harden,
the former a native of Ireland and the latter of German}', their marriage
being solemnized in the last mentioned country. Subsequent!}' to that event
the worthy couple returned to the Emerald Isle, and a few years later came
to America, where the husband participated in the Revolutionary war. They
settled and spent the rest of their lives in the state of New York. William
D., their son, entered the service of his adopted country when he was but
fifteen years of age, and acted as teamster for the army during the war of
1812. He then left the Empire state and followed boating along the Ohio
river for several years. ^^larrying at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1819, he
then located in the vicinity of Jacksonsburg, Wayne county, where he engaged
in the manufacture of brick and carried on a farm. Later he bought a farm
adjoining the village of Lewisville, Henry county, and during the construc-
tion of the old national road boarded the workmen. Ne.xt he was the owner
of a quarter-section of land situated three miles west of Dublin, and there
-he kept a hotel for many years, finally removing to the town, where his

794 BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.

death occurred in 1SS2, when he was eighty-six years of age. His wife
departed this life April 2, 1 881, at eighty-one years of age. They were
devout Methodists, and always threw open their comfortable home for the
entertainment of the old-time circuit preachers or whomsoever else sought
their hospitality. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Newman, Nathaniel
Leonard, came to the United States from England at an early day, his wife,
Esther ^ Heath) Leonard, also being of English birth.

To the marriage of our subject and wife a daughter and four sons were
born. Lawrence, the eldest, died when young; Rutledge H., a commercial
traveler, has his home in Richmond, this state; and Homer E. and Virgil
G. , twins, are, respectively, a traveling salesman and a machinist. The
daughter, Florence A., a young lady of exceptional ability and talents, is
unmarried, and has long been a valued newspaper correspondent. Mrs.
Newman and Miss Florence are identified with the Methodist Episcopal
church and are active in every good work in this community.

JAMES A. RODMAN.

Mr. Rodman is a successful farmer of Franklin county, Indiana, and
was born in Elizabethtown, Ohio, some fifty-eight years ago. His father,
Soloman F. Rodman, was a native of New York, and is at this time a resi-
dent of Stockton, California. The mother, Elvira Hurley Rodman, came
from Kentucky. Five children, all of whom are living, were born to them,
namely: David B., of Ivokomo, Indiana; Joseph A., our subject; Georgie
Ann, wife of James Davenport; Jane, wife of Peter Rogers, of Connersville;
and Donalica, wife of P. A. Bradburn, of this township.

James Rodman attended the public schools of Brookville in his youth,
and when fifteen began to work on the farm. He remained at this occupa-
tion until he entered Company I, Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, in Decem-
ber, 1 862, and started with his company to the front. The principal engage-
ments in which he participated were the siei;e of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post
and Jackson. Mississippi. The places visited by the company after leaving
Indianapolis were, in turn, as follows; Cairo, Illinois; Memphis, Tennes-
see; Vicksburg; New Orleans; Texas; New Orleans; New York city; Phila-
delphia; Pittsburg; Indianapolis; Vicksburg; Jackson, Mississippi, where
Mr. Rodman was promoted from the rank of orderly sergeant to that of
second lieutenant; Vicksburg; Jackson; Vicksburg; and then from Algiers
to Louisiana, thence up the Mississippi river and to Indianapolis, where they
were discharged in 1863. During this enlistment he contracted inflamma-
tory sore eyes, from which he suffered severely and which finally culminated
in the entire loss of the right eye, in 188 1. In March, 1865, he re-enlisted,
in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Indiana Regiment, going to

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. I'Jo-

Parkersbnrg, West Virginia, Harper's Ferry, Shenandoah Valley, Winches-
ter and Baltimore, at which last point the company was discharged at the
close of the war. He was captured at Vicksbarg at the charge of Hines
Bluff, and was in the rebel prison two months and fourteen days. He was
then transferred to Jackson, Mississippi, where he was retained one month and
fourteen days, then to Pearl river bridge, one month and fourteen days, then
marched to Dawson City and New Orleans.

Mr. Rodman was married, in 1865, to Nanc}' A. Butler, a daughter of
Hiram H. Butler. Mr. Butler was a miller in Brookville for many years and
was prominently identified with the various interests of the place, and was
for many years count}^ assessor. He is now in his ninetieth year and makes
his home with our subject. His wife was Rachael Hollowell, who died at
about thirty years of age. Air. Rodman is a Democrat and a member
of Hackleman Post, No. 64, G. A. R., and encampment of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. He began on his present farm in 1S66, in a rude
log house, which has since been replaced by a modern residence and other
buildings.

HENRY CRIST.

Among the enterprising, energetic and successful farmers of Franklin
county, who thoroughly understand the vocation which they follow, and con-
sequently are enabled to carry on that calling with profit to themselves, is the
subject of this notice. He is extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits
upon his magnificent farm of five hundred and twenty-five acres, in Brookville
township, a part of which he has owned since 1854.

Mr. Crist was born in that township, July 24, 1823, and is a son of John
and Mary (Smalley) Crist, natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. The
f-ather came to Franklin county, Indiana, in 1S18, as did also the grand-
father, Abram Crist. The former first located in Brookville township, and
after living there for a time removed to Springfield township, and later to the
village of Brookville, where he spent the last three years of his life, dying
there at the age of sevent^^-two years. He was a devout member of the
Methodist church and lived a religious life, consistent with his professions. He
had one sister, Betsy, who was the wife of Peter Snook; and an older brother,
George, who lived and died in Decatur county, Indiana.

Long before he attained his majority the subject of this sketch began the
active duties of business life, by cutting wood and hauling it to market, and
this was followed by a period in which he engaged in farm work. At the age
of twenty-two years, he purchased a farm in Brookville township, upon which
he has since resided, but has extended its boundaries from time to time, as
his financial resources have permitted, until it is now one of the largest, as
well as one of the best, places in the locality. By his industry and frugality

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he has been unusually successful and is now one of the most substantial citi-
zens of his community.

In 1S45 Mr. Crist married Miss Martha, daughter of Samuel and Betsey
(^ Adams) Logan, of Brookville township, but she died in 1857, leaving one
child, James M. For his second wife Mr. Crist married Miss Margaret
Berry, daughter of Judge Henry Berry, in Februar}', 1858, and by this union
had one son, George, now deceased. Mrs. Crist died July 23, 1890, at the
age of sixt3--six years, and on the 15th of September, 1892, he married Miss
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eliza (Jones) Goudie. She is a sister of
the late James \"\'. Goudie, who was born near Wynn, Franklin county,
September 10, 1S44, and was reared on the home farm. In early manhood
he married Mary E. Cline, of Peru, Indiana, and to them were born five
children, three still living. He was an earnest and consistent member of the
Christian church, alwaj's took an active and prominent part in all church
benevolent work, and assisted in organizing the church of that denomination
at Whitcomb, Indiana. In his death the community realized that it had lost
one of its most valued and useful citizens, — one whose life was devoted to
the public good.

Since the age of nineteen years Mr. Crist has held membership in the
Methodist Episcopal church, and in his daily walk has shown himself to be
consistent with the beliefs which he possesses, being generous and charitable
in answering the appeals of the distressed. His life has been manly, his
actions sincere, his manner unaffected and his example well worthy of
emulation.

HOMER M. BROADDUS.

The basis of the development and material prosperity of the great
middle-western section of the Union has been agricultural, and to the noble
art of husbandry have been given as devotees some of the strongest and most
sterling characters which have figured in the annals of the nation. In view
of this fact there is ahvaj's a distinct satisfaction to be gained in defining the
life history of old and prominent families who have contributed to the con-
tinuous progress of any locality through this time-honored medium. He
whose name initiates this review is a representative of a family whose history
has been indissolubly connected with that of Fayette county, Indiana, from
the early pioneer epoch; and it is clearl}' incumbent that in this work there
may be made at least incidental reference to the lives and labors of those of
the name who have thus honored the locality through their endeavors and
their characters.

The first representative of the Broaddus family in Fayette county was
Robert L. Broaddus, grandfather of the immediate subject of this review.
This honored pioneer was a native of the Old Dominion and a representative

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of a prominent famih' loncj settled in Virginia. He was born in Louisa
county, Virginia, May 15, 1794. As early as the year 1828 he left his south-
ern home and came to Faj'ette county, where he settled on a tract of four
hundred and fifty acres of practically unimproved land in Harrison township.
Part of this ancestral estate is now occupied by the subject of this sketch,
and as one of the finest and most valuable farmsteads in the section gives
evidence of the approved methods and wise discrimination which have been
brought to bear in its development and cultivation. Robert L. Broaddus
continued his residence on his farm until his death, which occurred in 1856,
when he had reached a venerable age. He devoted his entire life to agricult-
ural pursuits, was successful in his endeavors and was a man whose honor
and integrity in all the relations of life were uniformly recognized. He car-
ried on farming operations on an extensive scale, as evident from his large
holdings of land, and he occupied a position of distinguished prominence in
the community. In politics he was originally a Whig, but upon the organ-
ization of the Republican party espoused its cause and was thereafter a
stalwart supporter of its principles and policies. He held the office of cap-
tain in the Indiana state militia, and was on that